Digital BW, The Print

There's a million shades of sepia. Each person will have his own
preference. 

Jerry



iwasnvrhere wrote:
> 
>       I have a few questions about the vm sets I hope someone out
> there can answer for me.
> First question, It seems that one would lose a portion in the density
> range by removing one the channels used for the blue-like 25% for a
> quad set. Is that true and if not how does it compare with a four or
> six channel set?
> 
> Second: From the earliest experience with quad tone inks I've noticed
> that the paper dominates the overall warmness/coolness of the print.
> Warm paper = warm print, neutral paper = neutral or much less warm
> print. Question is: Would a dyed paper (say blue, warm,or whatever)
> used with a full quad/hex tone inkset give optimum densities and
> control over the warmth?
> 
> Third question is about the max warmth attainable. I've done zero
> work with sepia but what I have seen of "sepia" prints look much more
> orange/brown than the warmest B&W tone. How close do any of the B&W
> inks out there come to a "true" or traditional sepia and can anyone
> point out a standard which I can use as THE SEPIA cause I've "sepia"
> range from orange to bronze. Is anyone working on a solution that can
> sweep from sepia to selenium?
> 
> Thanks in advance
> 
> Jeff
> 
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