Digital BW, The Print

"Wayne" <wayne_emery@...> wrote:
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> Hi Mr. Roark,
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> ... I stumbled across your discussions, which led me to this forum and I got hooked, so I bought a new 1400 ($179!!) and a set of Eboni 6 inks.

Welcome.  The 1400 with Eboni-6 is hard to beat, in my view, of course.


> ...  many of your outstanding posts and helpful contributions around the internet are not dated, so it has been difficult and a little confusing for me to place the evolution of the process in a correct sequence.

Yes, I'm guilty of that on some of my web pages.  I think my newer pdf's are dated, and I think this forum's posts are dated.  In part in responce to this problem, I re-configured my main B&W information page to try to indicate what my current preferences are.

With respect to Eboni-6, I had experimented with combinations of it and neutral glossy inks.  This was, in part, because I liked glossy brochures but also because many wanted a cooler-tone inkset.  Frankly, however, I never used the neutral pigments for matte papers.  I also found that for the most impressive brochures and cards, the dyes win.  I think they are so good that much of my development efforts will be with them, and not just as a 2-ink addition to another system.  But for matte fine art, Eboni-6 remains my top recommendation.

Paul
Www.paulroark.com