Digital BW, The Print

<<But the MIS does bronze.  The MIS PK is, in effect, the LK at twice the
load.
>>

OK thanks.  Sorry I was under the impression that a UT7 ink set driven so
that the K (Eboni) ink was not used produced minimal bronzing and
differential reflectance (with any residual easily cured by spraying) and
that the main culprit for these was Eboni.

If this was the case, then if the LK, M,C, LC, LM and Y  slot inks do not
exhibit the characteristics that make Eboni so poor on RC ­ rub off,
differential reflectance and worsening of the bronzing ­ and given that
these inks are used for matt paper it would then beg the question why a K
ink could not be made for matt paper with similar properties that would also
port well to RC.  I guess you are saying that this ink would be MIS PK and
that it would not help the bronzing issue and differential reflectance, and
would not help dmax on matt paper.

So RC is still a no-go when Eboni is the key source of black and dmax?
Maybe I missed something but I thought that some people were using Eboni on
RC paper (either in conjunction with LK balanced by LC and LM or Black
Only), spraying this with Lyson Print Guard and then successfully applying
Renaissance Wax.  I will give this another go.

FYI from April:

>...Epson light black ...is very warm,
>is there another ink that could take its place in the UC set?
>That is, a more neutral light black that would be more consistent with
>Eboni and requiring less cooling.  ...

When it is released the UT7 LK is a cooled-down version of the warm MIS LK.

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com

For UT2 information, curves, and settings see:
http://home1.gte.net/res09aij/


But I take the point that the LK is not dark enough.

Cheers

Steve




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