Digital BW, The Print

Lynn,

>Are the MIS EZ Inks for the C86 pure carbon

The black and warm EZ inks are pure carbon.  The EZ-N midtones are
predominantly carbon but also have "blue" pigments in them to neutralize the
warm carbon tone.

(for Matte prints - Eboni in use)?

Both Eboni and MIS PK are carbon.  

> No dye in those? 

There are no dyes in any of the UT family of inks are far as I have been
told or am able to discover.

>My prints would be used mostly in these ways: (a) displayed under glass 
>(b) displayed in an album (c) made into a book with 2 sided pages. 
>If printing on the suggested matte fine art type papers - 
>do I need to spray the prints? If so, why?  

You do not need to spray the prints.  It might, however, be wise to spray
those that are going to be in the book.  The pigment prints can be scuffed,
especially in heavy black areas.  Lascaux Fixativ spray helps the carbon
adhere and makes them significantly less likely for people thumbing through
the book to damage the images.  Lascaux is Rohm & Haas B72, a well known,
archival acrylic.  It has no significant affect on the look of the print.
This is unlike PremierArt Print Shield, which lowers the dmax of matte
prints.

>By the way, who owns MIS? 

It is, as far as I know, owned by Bob and Julie Zeiss.

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com