Digital BW, The Print

That's great info Paul. As far as the LLC goes, if the proportions 
are the same as the M ink I assume we would start with MIS full C and 
dilute with the C6 base to something like 15% C to 85% base?

Dario

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "pr_roark" 
<pr_roark@...> wrote:
>
> Dario,
> 
> Even my old 7500 looks OK at display print size with only 5 carbons 
> firing.  So, in an k2 printer, you'd almost certainly have the 
> smoothness you need with only 5K.
> 
> I have not loaded a printer with the C6 base carbons in addition to 
> MIS or Epson LC and LM.  On the other hand, in anticipation of this 
> very issue, I've had a test tube mix of Epson UC M highly diluted 
in 
> the C6, generic base for 2 months, and it looks perfect.  I favor 
> Epson M over MIS M.  So, diluting UC M with the C6 base is where I 
> was intending to go with this approach, and so far, I've seen no 
> evidence of incompatibility.  
> 
> (Note that MIS warns that the Eboni-6 inks are not compatible with 
UC 
> inks, but it's the commercial dilution base that is the problem.  
The 
> C6 base is different.)  
> 
> While my test tube experiment is not a guarantee that there will be 
> no problems, I've seen strange results and very fast settling of UC 
M 
> and other pigments in some other bases.  In short, my best guess is 
> that we can buy UC M in 7600 carts and dilute it with C6 base to 
get 
> an economical LM.  The usual dilution for LM is 30% M to 70% base.  
A 
> higher dilution would be smoother.
> 
> Let us know how it works if you give it a try.
> 
> Paul  
> www.PaulRoark.com