Digital BW, The Print

Paul-

You are amaging in your ability to share useful knowledge with us.

We DO APPRECIATE IT.

Tom O'Connell

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Paul Roark" 
<paul.roark@v...> wrote:
> Adrian,
> 
> >Is it possible to modify the FS mix to give a tone
> >as warm as the MIS VM warm tone. ...
> 
> The long answer:
> 
> Now that the neutral FS is done, coming out with a warmer -- perhaps
> sepia -- version is an obvious next step.  With the densities the 
same with
> all FS inks, it would then be a matter of mixing the sepia and 
regular to
> get the tone you like, and you would not have to worry about any 
density
> changes.
> 
> Do you fill your own carts?  Would some mixing be too much trouble, 
or do
> you need a "plug & play" solution?
> 
> The short answer:
> 
> Use MIS VM cyan as the FS cyan.  They are very close in density 
(virtually
> identical), and the VM inkset is the base warm gray ink in the MIS 
Vm
> inkset.  It's the same pigment as the traditional MIS quads, just at
> different dilutions.
> 
> Mix an FS/VM magenta as follows: 26% VM cyan and 74% MIS clear base.
> 
> Mix an FS/VM yellow as follows:
> 
> 	Method 1:	Y = 11% VM cyan, remainder clear base;
> 
> 	Method 2:	Y = 43% FS/VM magenta, remainder clear base.
> 
> Let me know how it goes.
> 
> Paul
> http://www.PaulRoark.com