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RE: [Digital BW] Using UT2 inkset, what constitutes a pure carbon print

2005-10-01 by Paul Roark

> ... modified UT2 inksets; in one of them I've
> changed the sepia in the yellow position for FSN-y, and I've changed
> the Eboni for PKN; in the other set I've left Eboni in place and
> changed the sepia for FS-y.
> 
> question: which inks constitute a pure carbon print, is it just the
> use of Eboni, PKN, M, LM and FSN-y or FS-y; or just the use of Eboni,
> M or LM,
> 

The "pure carbon" inks are Eboni, PK (not PKN), M, LM, (not FSN-Y or even
FS-Y).  The lightest pure carbon in the MIS UT inkset family is UT1 quad M
or Hex Y (half way between FS M and Y, and slightly lighter than LLK).

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com

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