Digital BW, The Print

The change in the Lab B from the paper white to midtones of about 7 
units is a rather lareg split tone that will make the image seem 
quite warm.  That change in Lab B is more than twice what the papers 
I use have (Premier Art Smooth, Moab Entrada, and Hawk Mountain 
Condor BW).  For tone control with these dilute Eboni carbon inks, 
paper selection is key.

I have not made any toners yet aimed at neutralizing the dilute Eboni 
inksets.  The UT1 toner might be close to what it needed.  It's a 
high gamut, though rather dilute, toner rather than being a 
neutralized carbon ink.

Paul  
www.PaulRoark.com  


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "esharamaki" 
<esharamaki@...> wrote:
>
> The Staples box doesn't say acid free...  Cheap(er) stuff I had and
> thought it would do for experimenting.  I would like to try and add
> some cyan in the mix to cool the mid tone and highlights down a bit,
> any suggestions on where to start?
> 
> 51 step wedge
> Heavy weight matte setting, high speed off, best photo
> 26th patch
> L=45.12
> a=2.46
> b=3.87
> density=0.83
> 
> Premium semi-gloss photo paper setting, high speed on, photo RPM
> 26th patch
> L=40.68
> a=2.42
> b=4.09
> density=0.93
> 
> Switched out inks to the UTFSN set and currently messing about with
> that...
>