Digital BW, The Print

Ben,

I use MIS empty carts.  The ink assignments are given in the header  
of each curve txt file, but you can rearrange any way you wish.  I am  
currently using Eboni in the PK, MK, Y slots, PKN in the C, R, B  
slots and glop in the glop position.  M has the RCNTL dark gray in  
case I want to do a partitioned 2K profile, but since I haven't used  
it I'll probably just put cleaning fluid there.  When you make these  
ink position changes you must of course edit the profiles accordingly  
and re-load.

Carl

On Dec 7, 2007, at 3:42 PM, bjshazam wrote:

> 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
>>>
>>