Digital BW, The Print

Homer,
     I'm not familiar with the Red River paper, but it sounds like it has a non-glossy surface.  If you want to try QTR, you could try the curves that I made for UT-14 and Epson Enhanced Matte.  They are available for download on the QTR forum.  There are two curves for the matte paper, one warm and one cool.  The warm curve uses the M and LM inks, and the cool uses the C and LC.  You can set the relative amounts used with the QTR controls.  The full warm should give you a near-sepia look.  

I think that once you see how to use QTR, this approach is easier than using curves within Photoshop, and it will allow you to fine tune the tone of your prints.  For the best results, you would want curves for your specific paper, but using the one I made should give you a feel for what is possible.

David

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "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. 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. 
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> I've worked a little with the QTR software and tried a few ICC settings to see if I can nurse some warmer tones out of the UT-14 ink set. This has not worked well. 
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> With on-screen images I can acheive a nice sepia tone with the following method. Save the B&W image as a JPG. Open the JPG in Lightroom as a color image. Adjust the color temperatuer +12 (adds yellow) and adjust the tone +5 (adds red). This simple adjustment has me thinking. Can I achieve similar results by adding a bit of yellow and light magenta to my black ink and get a sepia print?
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> I have ink in bottles and a few spare cartridges that I could experiment with, but before I start, it seems pudent to ask if others have tried this. If so, what works?
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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. 
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> Comments would be appreciated.
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