Digital BW, The Print

Hello Jon,

>Neutral K7 was formulated as seven distinct ink dilutions. In 
>effect, it is seven ink formulations. That was a lot of work 
>but it results in uniform neutrality. There was no other way. 

Thanks, that answers the question.


>You simply can not make a "mother" ink, then dilute it, and 
>expect to be within the same hue but less dense. Carbon 
>pigments are characteristically different upon dilution. It 
>does not take much dilution to shift it.

I found this out by trying to do exactly that! <g>  That and other
blending experiments have given me much respect for folks that can
formulate these inks.

Regards,
Clayton


Info on black and white digital printing at    
http://www.cjcom.net/digiprnarts.htm