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Re: Eboni-6 tones, etc.

2008-01-19 by Sarah Renkes

That's excellent news. It's coming together much sooner than I expected. Will the inks be 
available only in bulk?

Thanks, Paul!

Sarah



--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "pr_roark" <pr_roark@...> wrote:
>
> 
> MIS (and its supplier) have matched my glycerin base with one that is
> smoother.  The graph of the Lab A & B for the MIS base PA Smooth BW
> print is at http://www.paulroark.com/BW-Info/Eb-6-220-MIS-Base-PA-BW.jpg
> <http://www.paulroark.com/BW-Info/Eb-6-220-MIS-Base-PA-BW.jpg>   The
> tones are essentiall identical to those obtained with the home brew
> glycerin base.  See the URL below.  It's also said by the supplier to be
> essentially the same as what I've had in the 7500 for months (working
> perfectly) and to be compatible with Eboni.  It is not, however,
> compatible with Ultrachrome inks.  So, they must be flushed from a
> system before the dilute Eboni-6 inks are installed.
> 
> With this news, I'm putting my home brew base on the back burner, and I
> expect MIS to be able to start supplying the inks soon.
> 
> I think this is very good news.
> 
> Paul
> 
> www.PaulRoark.com <http://www.PaulRoark.com>
> 
> > ...graph of the Lab A & B values that
> > I'm getting from a 21-step test strip printed with an R220 and the
> > Eboni-6 inkset on Premier Art Smooth BW paper. ...
> 
> >
> > See http://www.paulroark.com/BW-Info/220-Eb6-PA-BW-Lab.jpg
> <http://www.paulroark.com/BW-Info/220-Eb6-PA-BW-Lab.jpg>
> > The base for dilution here was 35% glycerin, 55% distilled water and
> 10%
> > Kodak Photo Flo.
> 
> 
> 
> 
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>

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