Digital BW, The Print

"shileshjani" <janishilesh@...> wrote:
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> What I have done is use the following inks for a dedicated b/w printer that can print on matte (MK) and gloss type (PK) papers. All inks are Image Specialists (except PK):
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> (1) PK - I use OEM K3 PK because it has higher Dmax than 3rd party
> (2) MK - Eboni
> (3) LK from the K4 set
> (4) LLK from the K4 set
> (5) LC from K4 set
> (6) LM from K4 set
> (7) Blue from the R1800 compatible inks
> (8) Gloss Optimizer
> 
> ...

You find that single blue to give good color?  I find the color way to magenta. (HP's is the same.) 

I wish there was a single-color-pigment toner that offset the carbon color, but I have yet to find one that is prepared for inkjet use that I like.  

There is a pigment I've found that is the right color -- Daniel Smith's Indanthrone blue.  I've even printed with it.  But without the proper inkjet pigment prep, it's not something I'd recommend.  We need a company like IS to take up this challenge and do what needs to be done to give us a "carbon tone offset" that is a single pigment, but the market is probably too small to make such an effort possible.  

One huge advantage of a single pigment (not a blend) toner is that the fade path would be straight back to carbon -- the prints would not turn green; they'd just warm up, and much more slowly than when the OBA dyes fade.

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com