Digital BW, The Print

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From: "sceptre12345" <am1000@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2002 6:58 AM
Subject: [Digital BW] MIS FS-FSN blends


> Martin, Paul and others
>
> I'm about to dispose of the original Piezo inks because of the
> greenies associated with these inks (CIS - 2/3 full). The FS-N inkset
> that I ordered should arrive this week.
>
> But now I find out that the FS-N inkset may have a bluish cast while
> the original FS inkset looks green under tungsten lighting. And now,
> to compensate, some people are making the own blends from the two
> inkset.
>
> (Rant should go here)...lol
>
> I've read message 19947 where Paul says that the FSN-K and the FS-K
> are the same. In message 19691, Bob gives us a blending ratio of the
> two inksets but Martin advises about being closer to the FS-N.
>
> So, I'm ready to re-order some FS inks for blending, but I'm no
> chemist and not much of an experimenter. So where should I be going:
> 80%-20% evenly across the two inkset ? I have an Epson 1160 with
> Piezo V5.1.3e

Andre,

First, what print hue are you looking for exactly? Dead neutral or slightly
warm or slightly cool?

Printing with blends of FS and FSN has not been done a lot. I would guess
that dead neutral is in the 80/20 to 70/30 range (FSN/FS).

With the slight hue of these various neutral ink sets there is some
variation in how people perceive them. To many the FSN looks completely
neutral while to me and others it is a bit blue, although this is paper
dependent. Neutral/cool papers like EAM, LPM and Eclipse will show the blue
much more than some of the warmer papers such as Photo Rag since the yellow
in the base offsets some of the blue in the ink.

If you want to go this route then I would suggest you hand fill carts and do
some experimenting to see what you like. I still prefer the
Selenium-PiezoTone grays with the FSN black myself. It is a highly personal
matter of taste and you may have to do several trials to see what you like.
Join a couple one of Tom O'Connell's print exchanges so you can see a
variety of inks/paper combinations.


Martin Wesley

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