Digital BW, The Print

> I've started Black Only printing on an Epson C86 (OEM inks) and find
> that my prints on Epson Enhanced Matte and HW Matte are very warm
> compared to my screen images. Any suggestions? 

Matte blacks tend to be warm.  Carbon is warm by nature, although the C86
black appears to be a hybrid carbon-dye ink.

MIS Eboni is the most neutral of the pure carbon matte blacks that I know
of.

I personally find that Black Only printing doesn't give me either the tones
or smoothness I want in my photos.  That is why we use lighter inks in the
midtones.  For the neutral light inks we mix color pigments with the carbon
to neutralize it.  The commercially available inkset that will give you
smooth neutral prints in a C86 is the MIS C86 "EZ" inkset.  I use it quite a
bit.  See my notes on it at
http://home1.gte.net/res09aij/C86-EZ-UT-Readme.htm .

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com