Digital BW, The Print

Wow, Carbon-6 actually sounds like the way to go.  Would this be 
correct for the C88+.

100% Eb6-M in K; and, 
50% Eb6-M and 50% EbLC in the other positions?

thanks again for you help.  



--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "pr_roark" 
<pr_roark@...> wrote:
>
> >...I've read the C88+ Carbon 6 PDF
> > and I don't understand the ink mixing procedure.
> > 
> > "the single 13.5% mix is very smooth"... 
> 
> > does this mean this workflow
> > uses only two black inks: 100% Eboni and 13.5% Eboni 
> >(mixed in the C6 base) ?
> 
> Yes, the C88+ "13-5" (13.5% Eboni, remainder clear base) approach 
is 
> like the MIS EZ inks in that it uses only one dilution (in addition 
> to the Eboni MK).
> 
> One advance I've made since the MIS EZ write-ups is that highlight 
> smoothness can be significantly improved by using only a single 
> channel (color position) at the beginning; the inks start one at a 
> time.  Curves written to do this can easily be dropped into ICCS 
> (Create ICC-RGB).  I don't think this system benefits from further 
> partitioning -- that is with inks -- if the sequential starting 
> curves are used.
> 
>  
> > It appears that the EZ inksets use 100% black and 3 dilutions. 
> 
> No, MIS EZ has a single midtone density.  
> 
> > So how many ink dilutions the C88+ C6 workflow uses? 
> 
> One dilution -- to maintain the system you need a bottle of Eboni 
and 
> the ability to mix a base (or buy Eboni-6 and mix).
> 
> 
> > 
> > I'd want to run one of these non expensive printer full time 
> > in BW in parallel to the larger R1800.
> 
> My 2200 with C-6 is reliably churning out cards as I type this and 
> work on other printers doing other things.  C-6 has, so far, been 
the 
> most reliable, cheapest and best system I've used.  (But, of 
course, 
> no guarantees from me as to what happens tomorrow.)
> 
> Paul
> www.PaulRoark.com
>