Digital BW, The Print

> Dilute them with WHAT?
> 
> water? Nope, it changes the ink colors.
> 
> Jerry


You dilute them with clear base (sold at the MIS site but only for the older
style inks).  This is an ink base with the same viscosity as the inks so it
keeps the pigment particles in suspension, unlike water which would allow
the particles to settle.  The older standard inks were basically dilutions
with some color ink added to provide a neutral balance on Somerset Velvet
(uncoated) when used in the Icefields processor (by Steve Heron).  It is
quite possible to make you own uncolored dilutions with clear base but
getting a set that prints well is not a small matter.

Dan Culbertson