Digital BW, The Print

Paul-
I'm glad you chimed!!
I should have never used Epson's TM name.   What I was trying to get at 
is the UT Eboni the same as the K4 Eboni (and, presumably, the K4 LK and 
LLK) basewise?  Regardless of what the base is for the C,M, etc.

Bottom line is can I use the K4 Eboni and dilute it to LK, LLK, etc?

Seth

On 3/12/2012 7:04 PM, Paul wrote:
>
> "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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