Digital BW, The Print

I have slightly adjusted the formula for the neutral FS inks that I
published here on 10/30.

The FS-N3 inkset mix is as follows:

1.      Mix a dark blue toner: 1 part cyan pigs to 1 part magenta pigs.

2.      Mix a base cyan-position ink:

	(a)  Mix 28% VM or Piezo black, the remainder MIS clear base.
		(This might be a hair too light.)

	(b)  Mix the toner and 28% K, above, as follows: 1 part toner to 5 parts
28% K.  This is the cyan-position ink for the cartridge and for further
mixing, below.

3.      Magenta position: 15.3% cyan-position ink, above, the remainder MIS
clear base.

4.      Yellow position:  1 part magenta-position ink, above, to 1 part
clear base.

This is just the latest mix I've done.  It must be considered a draft
formula that may need some fine tuning.

Note that mixing with syringes (like I do) is not very accurate.  As such,
there will be variations in the results.

(MIS is not involved in this.  Whether they would pre-mix this is probably a
question of whether there are enough people who want it.)

Frankly, I still think that the MIS VM approach is better, but for those who
love the Piezo driver and want neutral ink, here is a formula that works
fairly well.

To see what the images will look like compared to a standard Piezo print,
the first FS-N1 print is still representative.  That neutral-tone image was
printed with the Piezo driver and the FS-N1 inkset described 10/30.  The
comparison Piezo image is standard Piezo ink, with the Piezo driver.  Both
are on EAM.  The comparison image is "FS-N1-Pzo" in the Message Related
Files section of this forum.  See,
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint/files/
and go to the "Message Related Files" folder.

Paul
http://www.PaulRoark.com