Digital BW, The Print

"sethrus" <seth@...> wrote:

Sorry for chiming in here, but I'd like to be sure we are all talking the same language.  So, here are some of the terminologies as I use them:

> I presumed the black inks for B&W on the 2400 were mixed Ultrachrome.

MIS has a family of "UltraTone" inks.  "UltraChrome" is Epson's color inkset.  



>  Apparently the Carbon 6 

"Carbon-6" is the name I use for the inkset made from MIS Eboni MK and the generic base.  "Eboni-6" is MIS's pre-mixed and sometimes pre-loaded version of this inkset.  I use both, and the same profiles work with both. 

>  is coming from the UT Eboni, 


Eboni MK is used in the UltraTone (UT) family of inks as well as in the Eboni/Carbon-6 family.

The bases that are used to dilute the inks are different and should not be mixed.  

The UT base, which (correct me if I'm wrong) MIS is now labeling "ESC-BASEPT-UC" (aka "amber" base?) is for the UT family dilutions and keeps them glossy compatible.  It does not work well as a dilution base for Eboni.  Most in the past bought the MIS R800 gloss optimizer for diluting the UT inks, as the base was not sold as such. 

The Eboni-6 base also did not used to be made available.  I'm not sure if MIS is going to do that or just make my generic base components and/or full mix available. I think making the generic base and/or its components available can be beneficial to many and improve the market.



Paul
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