Yahoo Groups archive

Digital BW, The Print

Index last updated: 2026-04-28 22:56 UTC

Message

Re: Warm and warming inks

2002-11-19 by peter_in_seattle

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Paul Roark" <paul.roark@v...> 
wrote:
>
> I used to test and measure warming with my scanner.  On that 256 scale, the
> FS would warm about 8 to 10 of 256 units.  It then stabilizes.

Clayton Jones suggested printing and then "curing" an FS print before 
displaying or selling it. Sounds like an interesting idea, though maybe not a 
practical one... would it be uniform warming throughout the print? And how 
long would one have to wait?

> Have you considered the PiezoTone WN midtones with the FS black?  It's 
the
> most stable medium warm inkset now.

Would that combination work with an existing set of curves?
Would it work with Piezography/R9 software?
Will the complete FS-N inkset work with the Piezography/R9 software?

Has anyone compiled an up-to-date list of what ink combinations will work on 
which papers with which curves & plugin? It would be a nice document to 
have in the Files section... maybe as an Excel spreadsheet. If people wanted 
to e-mail me the data, I could put it together...

I use an Epson 1160, btw -- a 4-color printer. And I'm not a master curve-
creator or anything, so I'm looking for solutions that require the least possible 
amount of tweaking... (who isn't!).

I don't mind using EAM, by the way. Though I've seen some nice stuff on 
Photo Rag. You mentioned that FS-N is the most stable inkset on EAM. What 
about on Photo Rag?

Peter

Attachments

Move to quarantaine

This moves the raw source file on disk only. The archive index is not changed automatically, so you still need to run a manual refresh afterward.