Digital BW, The Print

Hi John,

>... the recipe you suggested (K + 3 carbon dilutions, 
>lt c and lite m) worked wonderfully well, making rich, 
> smooth, dither-free prints. 

>... MIS flush fluid in cm ...

> I really like the carbon tone, and could certainly live
> with it as the only tone from this printer. 
>(I also have a 4000-UC and 2200-UT7; and for many decades 
> was perfectly happy with being limited
> to 8x10 RC paper in my kitchen darkroom). 

> My options seem to be: leave as is; or replace the 2 channels 
> now with flush fluid with two more dilutions of carbon;

If you have all the smoothness you need, I wonder if 2 more dilutions would
improve the situation enough to offset the additional work in profiling and
ink mixing & loading.

> or with one more carbon dilution and a cool toner.

If you use the machine regularly and only print matte, the UT1 toner would
be an option.  For just minor toning R800 blue and Red are interesting
options also.  However, for significant cooling and for the more control,
the LC (LLC better) and LM are needed.  That, of course, introduces the more
complexity in profiling, but it's not bad.

It's really rather subjective.

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com