Digital BW, The Print

"Gary Wagner" <gcwagner@...> wrote:
>
> Paul,
> 
> If they both have the same black, will a print made on matte 
> paper with Eboni-6 look much different than a print made on
> the same paper with UT14?

If you use them in Black Only mode, they'll look identical.

> Does one give a better tonal range? 
> Why would I want to use Eboni-6 instead of UT14?  

The Eboni-6 has light ink and, thus, can print more smoothly.  
However, the 1400 is very good with black only.

While my 1400 usually does not band with BO, I think having more 
channels printing is usually a good thing.  So, if one is not 
interested in glossy printing and wants to be able to make really 
smooth prints, Eboni-6 makes sense.

I'm actually considering going to a 3-Eb6Y and 3-MK on the 1400 and 
just ignoring all the other densities.  The 3-MK 1800 workflow has 
been very successful, and the Eb6-Y is the ink I try to use the most 
of due to both smoothness and tone.  So, I might just go with a 
combination of the proven 3-MK plus best of the Eb6.  Just having 2 
inks, yet all 6 positions firing, might be a nice, easy combination.  
The ability to use QTR sliders to combine 3-MK and the Eb6-Y gives a 
lot of control over tone v. smoothness.

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com