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Re: K3 Gray Densities

2006-05-31 by dlruckus

Yes. That would probably be a good idea in my case. An older machine
would definitely benefit from the lighter highlights.
Thanks for the thoughts.

Regards
Duane


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Greg"
<dfaprinting@...> wrote:
> 
> If I was custom mixing a set of 3 black inks, I would probably set 
> the light and medium a bit higher, like 65 to 75 for LLK and 50 for 
> LK. That would give you better control in the highlights, to fill in 
> the mid tones just overlap the LK and K a little bit longer. Yes it 
> would give you more ink on the paper with this method, but if you 
> aren't dealing with full color this shouldn't be much of an issue. 
> But this is just the way I would probably do it.
>

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