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Re: [Digital BW] Roark's Lab - Mixing Your Own

2005-07-21 by rbehr2001

You are right, the instructions do not specifically say Photo Black. 
The site says "Do not use Eboni as the Black Ink for blending. 
Original Archival Black, 7600 Light Black, or 7600 Photo Black are 
the acceptable black inks for blending." But I can't believe the 
differece between Photo black and 7600 Photo Black would change the 
mix from 60% to 5% Grayscale. There's something else I'm missing or 
the information is just wrong. 

Bob



--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Nick H. Nugent" 
<nghin@p...> wrote:
> Elsewhere in the MIS website it is stated that the black ink should
> not be photo black, but some sort of much thicker black ink. The
> formula is based upon the usage of this black ink.
> 
> --nick
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "rbehr2001"
> <rsbehr@h...> wrote:
> > <paul.roark@v...> wrote:
> > > Note that while the graph shape is about right, the mixing 
> > instructions MIS has put on their "Roark's Lab" page are not from 
me.
> > > 
> > Are you saying that a 2% solution of Photo Black should give 60% 
black? 
> > Because my results were not even close.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > Bob

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