Digital BW, The Print

Hello Diane,

>My question is: has anyone else tried it with the 2200 and with the 2
different black inks and what are your feelings about it--assuming
that you are in the camp where it is one possible solution.

Follow up to Daniel's reply and your response - the MIS VM/FS black
has, according to Paul, a bit of dye in it which makes it less warm
than the 2200 Matte Black, which I think has no dye.  However, I've
found that even when my prints have fully warmed (after 10 months
naked exposure to fluorescent light and indirect bright daylight) they
aren't as warm as Daniel's prints, so perhaps there's a real
difference in the pigment color, or maybe the MIS ink will continue to
warm (if it is continuing it must be at a much slower pace because I
can't perceive it in my test prints - MIS states that it stops warming
at some point).

That said, Daniel's BO2 prints (BO with 2 inks using PowerRIP) have a
beautiful smooth scale to them, they're just very warm.  If you like
sepia then you'll probably be happy with it.  I have a BO1 print from
a 2200, from Carl Schofield, a landscape which has incredible tiny
detail in the mass of bare tree branches.  It is also the same warm
tone in the blacks, but because there is less black in the pic it
doesn't look as warm as Daniel's, which has a lot of black area.

All of this is very subjective.  You'll just have to give the inks a
try and see how you like them.  Since you want to try BO it wouldn't
cost much to get just a black cart from MIS for the 1280 or 780 and try
that and compare with the Matte Black.  I hope this helps.

Regards,
Clayton


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