Digital BW, The Print

From what I can tell, a lot of the "look" of these prints comes from their matte paper base.  

In terms of tones/hues, warm seems to be about as good a description as I've seen.  The various processes seem to result in different degrees of warmth.  From what I've been able to tell, using 100% carbon pigments on a natural paper comes within the range of these prints and also gives one as close as possible with inkjet technology to the longevity that the platinum/palladium prints appear to achieve. (On that front, I wonder what the strong chemicals do to the paper base.)  

It may be that using the warmer carbon like Cone sepia or MIS LK, etc. (a full range there) would be slightly better than the MIS Eboni based inksets.

There are enough MIS carbons to easily put together an Epson driver compatible set. The 220 UT R2 warm was essentially such a set.  I would set it up a little differently if one is comfortable with minor PS curves adjustments and making an ICC for the easiest printing workflow.

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com 



--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Lew Schwartz <lew1716@...> wrote:
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> I love this "look," so I'm wondering if anyone has a paper/ink combo that
> comes close, preferably using PS or LR. I know there are a number of
> commercial presets that claim to do it, but I haven't seen any I really
> like.
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