Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "tomoc" <tomoc@y...> 
wrote:
> Don-
> 
> I just tried a Lyson Quad neutral cart. I found the result to be 
> almost like a maroon duotone rather than neutral. I found 
some 
> profiles on the lyson site but none of them seemed to match 
the 1160 
> and quad inks (you may know their terminology better?). I tried 
a 
> couple of the profiles and they didn't really seem to change 
much.
> 
> Obviously you are getting a different experience. I wonder if 
there 
> is some other setting I need to be aware of? would you mind 
posting 
> the other printer/software settings you use?
> 
> Where can you buy Lyson bulk ink? I would be very interested 
in 
> getting bulk small gamut ink, if not the warm or neutral quad? 
> 
> For me the reason to use the Lyson is not the price or clogging 
(I've 
> never had a MIS ink clog, and have only heard of one or two 
others 
> who have) but the Lyson ink is dye ink and makes much much 
better 
> semi gloss and pearl paper prints.
> 
> Thanks for the post... Dying to find out where to buy the bulk 
ink.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Tom O'Connell
> 
> TomOC@y...
> www.thomasoconnell.com
> 
> 
The color I get is sort of a selenim tone under tungsten light, but 
more neutral under daylight. I like the warmer look of it under 
tungsten, and the daylight doesn't bother me. Galleries always 
have tungsten light, so I print for that. There will always be a 
certain amount of color shift depending on the light you view 
under regardless of what medium you are using. Test it out and 
see if it works for you. You can't change the color balance with 
the neutral inks. I balance my monitor for lightness/darkness to 
match my paper using Knoll software that came with  Photoshop 
3 or 4. I'm on Photoshop 6 now, but still use the Knoll calibration 
software. Rather than using paper profiles and such, which 
never really are accurate enough for me, I use Knoll to balance 
my monitor for all the papers I use. I then just load the profile to 
match the paper and print away.