Digital BW, The Print

In a message dated 12/25/2004 6:03:03 AM Pacific Standard Time, 
DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com writes:

> Epson Matte Ink and epson 
> Enhanced Matte paper and got an print that has a brown cast - almost 
> like a duotone - definitely not metamerism. The same image printed 
> with the same ink/paper set with Imageprint RIP produced a perfect 
> grey-scale print. Am I observing a characteristic of Epson matte ink 
> with BO setting?
> thank you for any feedback I recieve.
> cheers
> vartkes
> 

YES, unless, other pigments or (gasp) dyes are added to compensate, the 
carbon pigments are various shades of brown, depending on the manufacturer.

Claude


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