Digital BW, The Print

On 1/29/03  9:16 PM, "Lou <elgha2001@...>" wrote: 

> I decided to try digi bw printing. My friend suggested MIS 
> inks. I called and was directed to the original formula, which does 
> not seem to work with Paul's curves (I was impressed with his 
> prints). Can anyone suggest a workflow for this combination of ink 
> and printer?

I used MIS original quads until late last spring (w/ 1160 and 740). 
These inks have a warm tone which increases some for a while 
as a print ages. I used Chris Brandin's (partitioned) workflow. 
I was pretty satisfied with it (used it from the time it was first 
posted on the MIS site, about Dec. 2000). His workflow was 
developed specifically for the original quads, and he provides 
clear instructions, as well as curves for a number of different papers. 
I shifted to the Randall and the Woolf workflows, which are keyed 
to the MIS's "Full Spectrum" inkset, because I wanted a more neutral 
tone and a darker black.  At present, though, I don't see my Brandin 
workflow prints as obviously inferior to prints from the other 
two. So I'd suggest using it with your MIS original quads.

One caution to mention if you're using cartridges: I discovered 
that the positioning of the 3 tones in the grays cartridge differs 
depending on whether it's an "original" or a "full spectrum". So 
the Brandin workflow doesn't work with FS inks, and the Randall 
and Woolf workflows won't work with MIS's standard positioning 
of the grays in the original inkset cartridge. 

John  




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