Digital BW, The Print

I think you might be surprised at the dmax and "pop" of the Eboni 3- 
MK prints from your 1800.  Since you already have the right printer,  
ink, and QTR why not give it a try?  If you are thinking of trying  
the Lyson B&W dye inks I'd urge you to stay far away.  They exhibit  
very bad metamerism and have poor fade resistance.

Carl

On Oct 23, 2007, at 7:00 PM, i_3d_c wrote:

>
> 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, 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?