Digital BW, The Print

Paul,
You have got me confused. Are the inks you mentions B/W inks for the 
2200 ie for all positions, or just the black ink postions? Are they 
in carts with chips or are they refills? 

Barry

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Roark" 
<paul.roark@v...> wrote:
> (First post overstated shadow coolness measure.)
> 
> I received samples of MIS's 2200 black inks.  My first look 
indicates that
> they have some promising possibilities.
> 
> The Dmax reading for the 1160 Epson driver (HW matte paper 
setting, no color
> adjustment) are as follows:
> 
> 	EAM - 1.56,
> 	Eclipse Satine Bright White - 1.60,
> 	Legion Photo Matte - 1.69.
> 
> With LPM and a draft (too light) Epson Archival K-based FS/Piezo 
inkset and
> the Piezo driver, the dmax is 1.63.  It will go up with the next 
iteration
> of the midtone inkset.  This combination of MIS Matte Black and 
Epson
> Archival K FS comes the closest to a true silver-selenium tone 
that I've
> seen.  The midtone is just a hair cool (c=.61, m=.61, y=.60, 
visual=.61),
> while the deep shadows actually get up to 0.05 units cool at 100%, 
which is
> how cold my selenium silver prints get.
> 
> I've put this and some other new inks/inksets into the fader to 
see if we
> really have something interesting here.
> 
> Paul
> http://www.PaulRoark.com