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Re: 2100 magenta shift

2003-01-21 by chatzebussi <chatzebussi@yahoo.co.uk>

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "danielstaver 
<daniel@p...>" <daniel@p...> wrote:
> > What the 2100/2200 needs is a way to use all its blacks,
> > i.e., the dark black AND the light black cartridge, and
> > not any of the colors.  This would produce very neutral
> > prints with minimal metamerism, but a less obvious dot
> > pattern than the darkest cartridge alone.
> 
> That's based on the assumption that the light black is actually
> neutral. It's not. Printing with the two blacks will get you a print
> with a very varm brown sepia-tone.

And how can you use the two blacks, if you have no RIP, please?

Mathias

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