Digital BW, The Print

Not epson black ink, but Generations Enhanced black ink.

Jerry

And yes, if you have a profile, the color inks do give better blacks 
than quad printing, but
you must have a printer/paper profile to make it happen without crossovers.



Peter A. Klein wrote:
> I have an Epson 1280.  I used up the supplied Epson color inks and 
> then switched to MIS VM.  On Paul Roarke's recommendation, I've been 
> using the Tyler Boley curves.  On Epson Matte Heavyweight they seem 
> to work well without tweaking (at least by my eyes).  However, I 
> recently compared some B&W prints done with the color inks to the MIS 
> prints.  The blacks were noticeably blacker in the color-ink prints.  
> So by going to MIS VM, I've lost the "greenies and magentas" in 
> various densities, but my blacks aren't quite as rich.
> 
> I think somebody mentioned a while back that they were using some 
> version of MIS Quad or Hex inks with the Epson black ink.  Supposedly 
> this gave better blacks.
> 
> Could someone confirm that this combination works well, and tell me 
> whether you had to tweak the curves to accomodate the Epson black?
> 
> Thanks,
> --Peter Klein
> Seattle, WA
> 
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