Digital BW, The Print

"remononaz1" <homershannon@...> wrote:
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> I liked the way a couple of my black and white on-screen images looked with a light sepia tone. 
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> For prints, I am using an Epson 1400 with the UT-14 inkset and Red River Fine Art White paper. 



For the UT14 inkset, see http://www.paulroark.com/BW-Info/UT14.pdf

Note that the magenta channel -- LM and M -- is MIS glossy-compatible 100% carbon. That will set the limit on how far you can go to a sepia tone with that inkset.  If you just us a Photoshop curve with the green curve from 0 - 100, or use QTR to do this, you'll see the tones.

Note that matte paper does not reach as deep a sepia as glossy paper.  I use a non-OBA glossy paper -- often Museo Silver Rag -- when I want a true sepia look.


>Using the printer-controls settings, this achieves good neutral results. Replacing the UT-14 Ebony ink with the black ink from the color ink set is a little warmer and the blacks are a bit deeper.


That surprises me.  Claria K is greenish cool in my book.


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> My questions would be:
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> - What ratios of black to yellow and or light magenta to use (or other colors, if recommended)
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> - What cartridges in the UT-14 set should have the additional toning? Do they all need it or just black?
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> I'm inclined to try adding about 5% yellow to the color set black along with 2% light magenta and mix that with the other 5/6 of the UT-14 and see what happens. 



It sounds like you are going to experiment with mixing the Claria and UT14 inks.  You could get a very deep sepia by using the UT14 Lm and M in combination with the Claria Y, but I have not tried this.

If you want to make a good sepia tone without the need for the Claria, you might test the new Red River baryta paper.  I hope to have some soon.  This is said to be an OBA free paper, which might be a more economical approach than the Museo Silver Rag to a good sepia tone with the MIS warm carbon.

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com