Digital BW, The Print

Hello Mike,

>I've refined my technique a little and I really love the warm-tone 
>prints I get with BO and the variable tone inkset on EEM. 
>I find it hard to get a cool tone no matter how much I adjust the
>sliders...

Sounds like you're having a good time <g>.  It seems to me like you
may still be confusing BO and R2 printing, or maybe just the
terminology is mixed up.  

First, just for clarification: the sliders aren't used with BO.  The
only way to get cool toned BO prints is to use a cool tone paper.  BO
printing inherently has no tone control.  Switching papers is our only
recourse.  Please have a look at article #3b at the link below for an
explanation of BO for the 200/220 printers.  Also see #5 for a review
of various papers and their warm/cool ratings.  BO is a different way
of printing and is completely unrelated to R2 printing.

As for the R2 variable tone inkset with the sliders: the tone range is
limited.  It mainly allows us to adjust the tone a certain amount on
either side of the default tone the paper gives us at the zero
setting.  While not a full range system, it frees us from being locked
into a single tone without any control over it. 

Since EEM is a medium warm paper it's range will be warmish.  All you
can do is go a little cooler or warmer than what you get at the zero
setting.  If you want a cooler tone than that allows, then you must
use a cooler tone paper.  On that paper there will also be a limited
range, but the zero point will be cooler.

I hope this helps.

Regards,
Clayton


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