Digital BW, The Print

I just really like the look of deep blacks on a matte paper -- not
fond of glossy or semi-glossy

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Adam Maas
<mykroft@...> wrote:
>
> 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:
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 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?
> >  >
>