Digital BW, The Print

Could you please explain(for us hextone neophytes)how you came up 
with your ink ditribution, and why you didn't mention "the 2 photo 
shades" as they are listed on the MIS site, or what they are. I have 
been reading this site, using the original hextones on my 1200, 
gaining alot of info and becoming confused, all at the same time. 
Seeing your posts, and reading everyones comments keeps my interest 
up. I feel I have learned a great deal about inks, papers, and 
printing in general thanks to this forum. Keep up the great work.
Thanks!
Keith Randolph   
--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Paul Roark 
<paul.roark@v...> wrote:
> Here is the alternative FS-Hextone-Epson-driver ink positions I 
recommend.
> It is based on the following observations.  First, the light inks 
tend to be
> about 60% of the density of the full strength inks.  Happily, the 
FS/Piezo
> magenta is almost exactly 60% the density of the cyan ink.  Second, 
the
> current Piezo/FS ink mix is actually too light, being designed for 
the old
> quad machines.  As such, radical curves are needed to control it.  
These
> curves leave artifacts and destroy grayscale.  Thus, a darker ink 
mix should
> be better.
> 
> So, the alternative FS ink mix for the Epson driver is as follows:
> 
> Black -- Use the MIS FS (or VM) black;
> 
> Cyan position -- Use FS cyan-position ink;
> 
> Light cyan position -- Use FS magenta-position ink;
> 
> Magenta position -- Use FS cyan-position ink;
> 
> Light magenta -- Use FS magenta-position ink;
> 
> Yellow -- Use FS yellow-position ink.  (The FS magenta-position ink 
may work
> here also.  I'd test both of them.)
> 
> This proposed FS-Epson-Driver inkset can probably be controlled 
either by
> mild partitioning inks or just a simple grayscale workflow.  It 
might print
> rather well with no workflow at all.
> 
> I think there is a very good chance that the FS inks in the above 
positions
> in a 1280 or 1290 will produce the best B&W print possible, beating 
all
> current workflows -- Piezo software included.  I hope someone will 
give it a
> try and let us know how it works.
> 
> Paul
> http://www.PaulRoark.com