Digital BW, The Print

>The bottom line is I want a cool tone ink that is archival, without 
>color and has blacks at a density range of 2.0 or above on matte 
>paper. Am I asking for too much? 

Yes, I think so.  Unless there's something new I'm not aware of, the
best matte paper dmax is around 1.7-ish, done with MIS Eboni on HPR
for no color inks and on VFA with K3.  Eboni can produce cool tones on
certain papers, but with lower dmax.  HPR, which is moderately warm
with Eboni, is still the dmax champ.  

I'm still waiting for the big matte paper dmax breakthrough...


Regards,
Clayton


Info on black and white digital printing at    
http://www.cjcom.net/digiprnarts.htm
I-Trak 2.1   http://www.cjcom.net/itrak.htm