Digital BW, The Print

If you're looking for high DMax, why not look at a PK setup on a 
semi-glossy paper, that should net you higher DMax than a matte paper 
and MK ink like Eboni.

-Adam


i_3d_c wrote:
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> 
> I'm using Eboni black right now, which this set also uses. So it's
> hard to imaging that switching would give me significantly greater
> d-max. I've done a lot of testing and I think I've really exhausted
> the pigment options. I'm really now looking for a multi-grey *dye* ink
> set.
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com 
> <mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint%40yahoogroups.com>, Charles Becker
> <gypyjunior@...> wrote:
>  >
>  > Go to www.inksupply.com and then B&W printing and the UTBO
> (Ultratone Black Only) inks are made for the Epson R1800. Excellent
> results, better then other B&W inksets I have tried. They also have
> some good "Help Topics" for B&W printing.
>  > Best, Charles
>  >
>  >
>  > i_3d_c <ichristie@...> wrote:
>  >
>  > My first inkjet printer was the Epson 1270.
>  > I scanned some of my old 4x5 negs and printed them on Archival Matte
>  > paper. I fell completely in love with the results, which was a little
>  > puzzling because I had read that the 1270 wasn't really that great for
>  > B&W. I thought I'd like to get more serious about this B&W printing
>  > thing so I bought an Epson r1800 and dedicated greyscale inks. And was
>  > disappointed. After hours & hours of testing with different papers and
>  > settings (and QTR) I just couldn't achieve the look I had fallen in
>  > love with with the 1270. Long story short, pigment inks just can't
>  > achieve the same d-max as dyes.
>  >
>  > Assuming that I'm not interested in my prints lasting hundreds of
>  > years -- a couple of decades would be nice -- are there any printers
>  > or 3rd party inksets that have greyscale dye inks?
>  >