Digital BW, The Print

Carl:

Many thanks.  That makes perfect sense.

Follow-up question:  With MIS ceasing sale of spongless blank 
cartridges, any idea where one might find them?

Best,
Ben


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Carl Schofield 
<list@...> wrote:
>
> 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
> >>>
> >>
>