Digital BW, The Print

Hi Clayton,

Thanks for your reply!
I'm almost certain I checked  Black Ink Only, but I have no loupe to be for sure. 
I have now changed the Photo Black ink with the Matte one and have been printing some 
graycharts on Epson's Matte Paper. It's a little getting used to, but there's definately no 
colourcast here! However, in some parts of the chart the printing pattern goes weird. Can 
that be due to the change of inks?

You write that Matte Black ink will be less cool in colour prints. Is this also true for B&W 
prints? I do want cool prints, meaning: no hints of blue, green or magenta! Can you also 
shed some light on an ink/paper combination that would be best for BO prints using semi 
or glossy papers?  And can Ebony ink also be used for colour prints?

Regards,
YaWie

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Clayton Jones" <cj@c...> wrote:
> Hello YaWie,
> 
> >lots of paper and ink getting the prints right. I tried three types 
> >of paper (Ilford Smooth Gloss Paper, Epson Heavyweight Matte Paper 
> >and Hahnemuhle Fine Art Photo Rag) using photo black ink. To my 
> >surprise, > the print made on Ilford paper had a sort of green cast 
> >and Hahnemuhle paper showed a definite magenta cast. How can this 
> >be???
> 
> It shouldn't happen with Black Only.  Are you certain "Black Ink Only"
> was checked?  With a loupe can you see any ink dots of other colors?
> 
> >Should I use the Matte ink on the non gloss paper?
> 
> Matte black will have _much_ better Dmax and will be less cool in
> color.  The MIS Eboni black is even better.
> 
> 
> Regards,
> Clayton
> 
> 
> Info on black and white digital printing at    
> http://www.cjcom.net/digiprnarts.htm