Digital BW, The Print

Linc:

You'll find a some people in this group that disparage Black Only
printing and believe it's just inferior to quad or hextone. But, I
sure am not one of them. It works better for me in some images. You
should see the Black Only print that Richard has in the recent ContaxG
print exchange. It was a "WOW!" as his prints usually are. 

I'm about to switch over to Eboni black and UT as soon as my current
bottle (G4 black with FSN-E lighter tones) starts to run low. I don't
think the Eboni is appreciably darker but everyone says it's a better
ink all the way around. I would be hesitant to use Eboni along with
color dye ink as Paul Roark & MIS say that combination can cause
clogs. I think there could be traces of the dye ink picked up on the
black head from the waste pad (below the print head when it's at rest)
and cause potential clogging problems. (someone correct me if you're
doing it successfully)

I can see no difference between printing at 1440 and 2880 dpi other
than print time. For once, I seem to be in the mainstream line of
thinking. But if 2880 works better for you, by all means use it. 

Now you have no excuse for not being in the next ContaxG print exchange. 

Bob Michaels

 --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Lincoln Michaud
<outdoornewmexico@y...> wrote:
> Hi Folks,
> 
> I am new to b&w printing and trying to get up to speed on all the 
> wonderful new options available today. I have the Epson 1280 printer 
> and have been venturing into the MIS inks.  I was very pleased with 
> the 1280's color prints and saw some very interesting possibilites 
> grayscaling some of my color stuff and printing BO.
> 
> "Black Only" seems a less steep learning curve than systems such as 
> quad tones and my initial results were very pleasing. I basically 
> converted my color images into b&w scans using the channel mixer and 
> printed  with a simple profile. I got a clog in my black cart that 
> did not want to go away(yes I tried all manner of cleaning cycles) I 
> popped in my original Epson inkset that came with the 1280 and was 
> able to get rid of the clog. I also noticed that the blacks got 
> blacker in my images (which I understand is a property of the less 
> archivable dyebased Epson inks)
> 
> However, when revisiting the  MIS site,  I noticed that they now have 
> an Eboni black as part of the Ultra tone set which is supposed to be 
> a blacker  black on the EEM I like to use. I like the idea of a more 
> archivable injet print.
> 
> Questions:
> 
> 1. Can I pop in a MIS eboni cart next to the non-Ultra tone MIS
color cart?
> 2. Will the eboni cart work if it is installed next to the Epson
color cart?
> 
> (Obviously, my intent is to use up the color cartridges during 
> cleaning cycles without chip to chip conflicts)
> 
> 
> 3. I notice a marked improvement when printing at 2880 instead of 
> 1440. In order to have the 2880 setting made available to me, I have 
> to choose a paper setting that is other than the matte I am using,. 
> Should I do something specific to the profile to otherwise compensate 
> for this change?
> 
> 
> I apologize if these items have been already thoroughly discussed in 
> the archives. The archives (even considering all the info they have 
> already given me), tend to ramble on and it is difficult to target 
> specific questions.
> 
> I welcome your comments,
> 
> 
>                                 Lincoln
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