Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Allen Birnbach" 
<allenbirnbach@y...> wrote:
> I bought an Epson 1160 a couple of years ago, bought some MIS and Cone inks to 
do 
> the Roark color variation in black and white (before MIS was mixing warm inks). I 
did 
> a few test prints, then put the machine on the shelf and have not used it since.
> 
> I'm wondering if I could ask for current thinking on using the Epson 1160 in terms 
of 
> inksets and papers to get high quality black and white prints.  In general, I prefer 
the 
> warmer valued, as I traditionally printed with a split toned carbomide technique in 
the 
> darkroom on Agfa Classic gloss, dried matte.  Thanks in advance for any 
suggestions.

By the way, I found my old inks.  The four Cone Neutral Quadtone inks for black, 
magenta, yellow and cyan positions all say use before February 03. Do these really go 
bad?

I also have two containers of MIS ESC-ARC-4PC which I labeled VP3.

I also cannot find the information by Paul Roark explaining how to make this all work 
(we moved recently), and I cannot find anything in the files that looks like it will help.

So, is it possible to work with these old inks, or do I simply need to start over? Any 
thoughts would be appreciated.