Digital BW, The Print

Thanks for your help Paul, its very much appreciated. 

I have another question I'm afraid. I'm about to order the Eboni ink 
but notice there are a few references to Eboni on the inksupply 
website. Do I need "EB6 Carbon Monotone Matte Blk (Eboni)" for the 
Carbon 6 or have I picked the wrong one?

Thanks again,

Neil






--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "pr_roark" 
<pr_roark@...> wrote:
>
> Photo Flo 600 is the large lab (non-consumer) version of Photo Flo, 
> and is 3 times as concentrated as the 200.  It has the same wetting 
> agent.  You would probably get the same results if you simply used 
> less (1/3).  
> 
> I'm not sure how much the additional glycol in the Photo Flo 200 
> matters.  You'd end up with less of that also with the 600, but 
> offsetting this is that the 600's version of glocol is probably 
more 
> effective (though toxic). 
> 
> I have some of the Ilford wetting agent but have not tested it.  My 
> guess is that it's about the same.  I'd just try one of those and 
see 
> what works.
> 
> Paul
> www.PaulRoark.com  
> 
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "neil0968" 
> <neil0968@> wrote:
> >
> > Thanks for the reply Paul. 
> > 
> > I cant find a source of Photoflo 200 in the UK but we can get 
hold 
> of 
> > Ilford Ilfotol wetting agent which is also a 1:200 working 
strength 
> > mix. Do you think this is worth a try? I can also find Photoflo 
600 
> > but I seem to recall one of your articles/messages refers to you 
> > using Photoflo 200.
> > 
> > Many thanks again,
> > 
> > Neil
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "pr_roark" 
> > <pr_roark@> wrote:
> > >
> > > >... which inkset would be  best suited to an Epson 1290 
> > > > My concerns are really about clogging the nozzles which 
> > > > has been a problem on my printer, even with OEM inks, ...
> > > 
> > > > I would really like to go down the Carbon 6 route, 
> > > > mainly due to cost and and also having the satisifaction 
> > > > of mixing my own inks ...
> > > > I'm just worried about clogged nozzles.
> > > 
> > > Carbon-6 is probably one of the inksets least likely to clog.  
> > There is 
> > > no binder in it except for the residual from the Eboni, which 
is 
> > > relatively clog free.
> > > 
> > > If you give it a try, let us know how it works on the 1290.
> > > 
> > > Paul
> > > www.PaulRoark.com
> > >
> >
>