Digital BW, The Print

Carl:

I am curious about your use of the neutral MIS inks for glossy B&W 
prints, based on Paul Roark's 3MK process.  Do you use continuous 
flow, or blank cartridges filled with the RC-NTL-4-PKN ink?

Also, since Paul's process calls for an eboni cartridge in the glop 
slot, how do you account for that, if you want to use both the 3MK 
and 3PK sets on the same r1800?  Is it simply a matter of changing 
the cartridge assignments in QTRIP, or something more difficult (or 
even possible at all)?

Or, have all of these questions been answered in another post that I 
have missed.

Thanks much,
Ben


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Carl 
Schofield" <list@...> wrote:
>
> Additional curve files for fiber papers and icc profiles have been 
added to the file archive 
> at the link below.  Curve, create-icc, and .quad files for 
printing with MIS PK
> Neutral ink on Microceramic Luster, Red River Ultrasatin Pro 2.0, 
Innova
> Semimatte Fiber, and Harmon Gloss FB Al in the Epson R1800 
printer. Read curve
> file headers for ink positions and print at 2880, unidirectional.
> http://homepage.mac.com/scho/.Public/R1800_3PKN.zip
>  
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Carl 
Schofield <list@> wrote:
> >
> > Not any more John.  Best small format B&W prints I've ever made 
on RC  
> > (and the new fiber papers) have been with the Epson R1800 using 
Paul  
> > Roark's 3-MK workflow, but subsituting the new MIS neutral PK 
(part#  
> > RCNTL-4-PKN).  These "3-PKN" prints have that luminous BO 
quality,  
> > but without the "grain".   Very smooth highlights and midtones.  
QTR  
> > R1800 3-PKN profiles for use with luster papers (Red River 
UltraPro  
> > Satin 2.0 and IJA Microceramic Luster) available here:
> > http://homepage.mac.com/scho/.Public/R1800_3PKN.zip
> > 
> > Carl Schofield
> > 
> > On Nov 14, 2007, at 9:13 AM, john kelly wrote:
> > 
> > > Black Only is limited by print size. The smaller, the
> > > worser. I suspect the main reasons for Black Only are
> > > minimal learning curve and bogus film grain (good for
> > > digicams). ...snip
> >
>