Digital BW, The Print

Thanks Paul,  

This is great news for the VM crowd.  I'll baby along the last of my
4oz bottles of your very fine warm to cool set in preparation for your
new sepia oriented ink mix.

Sorry to hear that your 1160 went down.  Our 1160's are rare beasts
these days and worth maintaining as long as Epson is willing.

Frank

http://www.culturalvisions.com

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Paul Roark"
<paul.roark@v...> wrote:
> Frank,
> 
> You wrote:
> 
> >...  I appreciate the VM system, but hardly ever use the cool choices.
> >...I would be much happier
> >with that fourth cartridge filled with a warming pigment.
> 
> That seems to be the reaction of a lot of people -- I think myself
included.
> The very cold tones were an interesting novelty, but I think most have
> gravitated to neutral or warm tones.  I'm getting very positive
results and
> comments from the sepia-tone prints I'm starting to experiment with.
> 
> So, the sepia-to-neutral range seems like it is going to cover a
very useful
> range.  Frankly, the MIS VM was an easy way to get a cool/neutral
print, and
> there are some who really like the very cold tones.  I think there
is room
> for two versions of the system.  This sepia-neutral range is much
more work
> to mix, and MIS doesn't want its inventory to get out of control. 
However,
> I think they'll pre-mix it.
> 
> So, I'd say in a couple of weeks it should be out.  I've given MIS
what I
> believe is the final formula for the sepia-to-neutral inkset, but I
suspect
> they'll wait until I can do some final testing.
> 
> Paul
> http://www.PaulRoark.com