Digital BW, The Print

remononaz1 <homershannon@...> wrote:

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> The 2K-2LK is also good. Eboni-6 is apparently the best way to go now,...
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These are very different media for different markets.

2K-2LK <http://www.paulroark.com/BW-Info/1400-Claria-Noritsu-2K2LK.pdf>
uses Claria/Noritsu dyes, requires some user mixing (MIS [InkSupply.com]
sells the clear base needed) and loading of carts, and is aimed at high
gloss paper and not high end archival fine art or museum quality work.
 This is eye candy.  For the second time in a row, in a show where I had
the only B&W work (one print), surrounded by paintings, the Claria/Noritsu
B&W print was the first to sell.  I have never before had a medium that can
take on color in side-by-side competition, but this one can do it.

Eboni-6 <http://www.paulroark.com/BW-Info/Eboni-6.pdf> is a 100% carbon
pigment inkset that I recommend for the very best high-end fine art and
museum quality work.  100% carbon pigment inksets are the most lightfast,
by far.  This is not to say the blended carbon-color (warm carbon
neutralized by cyan and magenta) are necessarily bad, but if you want to be
sure your work looks like new for the next generation, with no color
shifting due to the faster, differential fading of the color pigments, 100%
carbon is the only medium I recommend.  It is for matte paper only.  MIS
sells it pre-loaded, and for the very least expensive, smooth-printing
inkset, this can be mixed by users.  (I call the user-mixed version
"Carbon-6" to differentiate it from MIS's version; the same profiles work
for both.)

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com

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