Digital BW, The Print

Shilesh,

>I am playing around mixing inks to impart different tones to FS inks.  I
>read your posts in the files section on the draft Sepia FS inks,
>and I have some questions:

>Once I have created my master Cyan (dark density) ink,
>can your formulae be used universally to get the Magenta
>and Yellow inks? That is will they work no matter what tone
>I am developing? ...

>Magenta = 26% Cyan + 74% MIS Clear Base?
>Yellow = 43% Magenta + 57% MIS Clear Base?

I think those percentages will get you very close.  The various inks do have
slightly different absorption and other characteristics, so there could be a
little fine tuning that still needs to be done. However, those percentages
should be close enough that you can go straight to a full mix after your
cyan base ink is finalized and see what the full inkset is going to look
like.

Good luck with your mixing.

Paul
http://www.PaulRoark.com