Digital BW, The Print

Bruce,

It is along story - suffice to say I have given up on using 
NanoChrome as a single universal inkset for color, b/w, matte, and RC 
papers because the cool LK is tough to neutralize and take it into 
the warm side of neutral. So, along with that goes my ability to 
print on RC papers (my desire was not there anyway). 

But the NanoChrome K does indeed deliver much greater Dmax (~1.9) on 
Hanhnemuhle rag papers, compared to 1.6 for the Epson MK, and perhaps 
1.7 for Eboni. Going from 1.7 to 1.9 is rather huge. So my thought is 
to create a b/w inkset for matte papers using the NanoChrome K. The 
choice of LK, LLK, LLLK, etc is rather a matter of preference. This 
is all about b/w prints, so color gamut is moot. I will always keep 
the LM and LC (and perhaps Y) for control of tone.

Make sense? I know, it is pure madness!

Shilesh



--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, hogarth@s... 
wrote:
>
> Shilesh Jani wrote:
> 
> > Carl,
> >
> > In a few days, as soon as my replacement 2400 arrives, I will be
> > loading Nanochrome K (as the black ink), the Epson MK (as the
> > darkest gray), followed by LK, LLK.
> >
> > My thought is to restrict the Nanochrome K to the very dark end of
> > the scale so its's color does not impact the overall print.
> >
> > IAH, I am just playing around.
> >
> > Regards.
> >
> > Shilesh
> 
> Just a dumb question - why aren't you using the NanoChromes as a 
set? 
> What advantage do you see in using the K3s for the color inks? 
Seems 
> like you must be giving up some gamut width, not to mention the 
fact 
> that the NanoChrome K is the correct color to work with the rest of 
the 
> NanoChromes.
> 
> So I'm lost. What are you trying to accomplish by mixing the 
inksets?
> --
> Bruce Watson
>