Digital BW, The Print

"benoit.lantoine" <benoit.lantoine@...> wrote:
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> ... in France.

> I have an Epson P50 (US model = Artisan 50) which replaces
> Epson R260/R280.
> 
> I tried Claria BO ... green cast. 
> 
> ... it seems that an ink like MIS eboni can be neutral to
> warm depending on the paper. 

The print tones for papers printed with Eboni black only are going to be a lot like those shown for the 1800 3-MK process.  See http://www.paulroark.com/BW-Info/R1800-No-OBA-Paper.pdf and http://www.paulroark.com/BW-Info/R1800-OBA-Papers.pdf

I do not have any experience with the Canson Rag paper, but most papers are going to be similar to the warmer paper tones shown in the 1800 materials, above.

> It looks like I have to buy empty cartridges because the printer would not deal with a 3rd part cartridge and original epson cartridges. Since I want to make BO prints, could I fill the other cartridges with a product like MIS clear base fluid ? (http://www.inksupply.com/product-details.cfm?pn=ESC-BASE-4-UC)

Yes, that would work.  I use the generic base described at http://www.paulroark.com/BW-Info/Ink-Mixing.pdf  

Hope this helps.

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com