Digital BW, The Print

Thanks for the reply, Wolf.  I normally use the MIS UT inks and Eboni 
black.  I started with VM ink, switched to Ultratone (1) when it came 
out.  When I finish my Ultratone 1 cartridge, I'm switching to UT2. 
Paul says UT2 has smoother tonal transitions on a 1280.

I recently had a bad clog, and tried using the color inks as a way to 
flush out the printhead.  It didn't work, nor did anything else, so I 
got the print head replaced.  That's why the Epson black dye 
cartridge was available when I ran out of Eboni. 

I usually don't print color, just B&W.

--Peter

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "wolf.herold" 
<wolf.herold@b...> wrote:
> Hi Peter,
> 
> I have used standard Epson inks on my 1290 for BO printing on Epson 
> HWM and Hahnemuehle PR.
> I did not see any bronzing, can't comment on fading.
> 
>   I sprayed the PR prints with Lascaux fixative and  got the 
> impression that it increased the dmax  somewhat. I did not do any 
> measurements since I don't have the equipment, visual 
> inspection/comparison of uncoated and coated prints only.
> 
> The oldest prints are only about a year old now, so conclusive 
> statements on fading are not possible yet, both papers seem to be 
> holding up quite well, though.
> 
> I print out of PS 6 through the epson driver on a Mac/9.2 following 
> Clayton's 'recipe' and the prints turned out quite nicely. To get a 
> reasonably Iinear stepwedge I apply a transfer function set up in 
the 
> PS printing dialogue.
> I haven't had a chance to look at other BO prints (or quadtones for 
> that matter) so I can't really make any comparative statements.
> 
> Are you using th UT2/Eboni blacks together with the Epson dyes for 
> colour printing?
> 
> 
> Wolf
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