Digital BW, The Print

Paul Roark wrote:

>Since I'm still most interested in matte papers, I'm thinking of an
>Eboni-based, matte-paper-only neutral/selenium gray based ink.  Eboni is
>less warm than the UT black inks.  As such less color pigment is needed to
>make it into a neutral-toned ink.  I just did some initial fade testing on
>an Eboni-based cyan-position ink.  It did very well indeed.  In past initial
>testing Eboni black has beaten all the competing black inks I've tested on
>matte paper.  So, this black with less color pigment should make a superior
>neutral ink -- and an excellent base gray for a new vm-s. ("Eboni-VM-S"?)
>  
>
And an "Eboni-VM-Se" (since 'Se' is the atomic symbol for Selenium)? 

>I'll probably change the variable-tone approach for my current hextone
>printers (1280 and 7500).  I'll do some testing on my 1160, but for the next
>VM-S, I'm leaving quads behind.  (It's been good.)  There will be new
>densities, so the old curves will not work.  The 1280 and 7500 are the only
>drivers I'll support.   (They appear to be useable in the 1290, 7xxx and
>9xxx machines.)
>  
>
And the 1280 driver seems to be usable on the 1270 and perhaps even 
2000P's as well..


 

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