Digital BW, The Print

Dear Paul,

  I am paralleling your experiments with diluted inks. Need to solve
the shift toward yellow of diluted carbon. I would like to try your
technique. Would you be willing to share your k2-eboni-lk-pa325 curve?
I have looked around with no success. Yhank you very much. Cheers,

Daniela

Hi Daniela,


>I am paralleling your experiments with diluted inks. 
>Need to solve the shift toward yellow of diluted carbon.

I hope to have 2 different versions of an LK based on Eboni running today.
The difference is the base.  

If you are doing just matte printing, the Eboni-based LK is part of the
solution to the yellow dilute carbon.  That in combination with the paper
makes the difference.  I'm now printing with the 7500 using very dilute
Eboni and Premier Art Smooth Bright White.  The latest batch of paper I
received, a 17" roll, prints with a Lab B that goes from a paper white of
B=-1 to a maximum of B=+1.  Lab A is between 2 and 3, giving the print a bit
of a selenium look. The combination makes a very beautiful, neutral-looking
print, in my view.

> I would like to try your technique. Would you be willing to share 
>your k2-eboni-lk-pa325 curve?

Sure.  I'll send what I have.  What printer are you using.

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com

Hello Paul,

  I am experimenting with different bases for Eboni as well. We print
on matte paper only and prepare the base ourselves. I  am currently
testing  4 different bases. The ink  apparently look quite stable, but
the test is running since only few days. It appears that the Eboni
pigment is the new kind of surface-modified, self-dispersing kind. The
inks I had previously tested were not by MIS. The new tests are with
MIS Eboni and Pk. We are based in Italy and it is hard to order MIS
stuff out here.

Regarding the curve, any of the following printers would be ok: r220,
r2400, pro3800 and pro 4800.

Thank you very much.

Cheers,

  Daniela