Digital BW, The Print

Martin -

The progression from pure neutral (neutral ink in C, M and Y positions) 
to pure warm starts with warm in the Y position, which gives a slight 
warming effect.  Warm in the M position (and neutral back in the Y 
position) is slightly warmer yet.  For me, this was warm enough and I 
didn't experiment further, but I assume that warm in the C position 
would be the next step.  I don't know how combinations would work out (M 
& Y, C & Y, M & C)  Paul Roark probably could tell us what the sequence is.

Remember that tone is quite paper dependent.  I was looking for a 
particular tone on Epson Enhanced Matte, and got it with warm in M.  My 
ink setup on Ilford Smooth Heavyweight Matte is cooler.  I think that on 
Legion Matte it is cooler still, but can't find the test prints to prove 
it at the moment.

What I did to check things out was to buy a set of both the neutral and 
warm inks, and play with combinations.  (The ink path in a C84 is very 
short, so you see the new ink after only about a page of printing 
following putting the new cartridge in.)  I "wasted" most of the warm 
set, because I didn't like the full warm effect, and so used very little 
of the C and only a bit more of the M before I decided I liked what I 
settled on and ordered a CIS.  Still, I have no doubts that what I have 
is the right choice, so for me it was money well spent.

Cheers,
Kip

mxgo95747 wrote:

>Kip, I am going to buy the C86 in the next week of so.  And with the neutral ink in the 
>C and Y positions and warm ink in the M position, what tone (near warm, neutral, or 
>what) do you get with your ink set up?
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>Martin
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