Digital BW, The Print

Paul,

Did you find out anything about the discontinued Eboni 6? I am about to
purchase an Epson 7600 and was going to use Eboni 6 in it. Is there a
substitute you would recommend? Did you find out if this ink will be coming
back? What would you recommend I now use in my 7600? I really like the
smoothness of tones in Eboni 6 inks. I have tired UT14 and it did not look
in tonal gradation but the color was very nice.

Thanks,

Gary Wagner

 

From: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of John
Labovitz
Sent: Friday, January 16, 2009 11:42 AM
To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] MIS Eboni 6 no longer available?

 

On 16 Jan 2009, at 11:03 AM, garyphoto6 wrote:

> I spoke with MIS and they said that Eboni6 has been discontinued. 
> There
> will be a news posting on the site in the next day or two.

Wow, that's a bit of a shock. Although I understand there are often 
reformulations and other reasons to discontinue a product, I find 
myself a bit anxious about this situation. But until we hear more 
news, I won't try to second-guess MIS.

I'm realizing that it makes me concerned about depending on a single 
supplier for an essential material. After 10 years of inkjet printing 
(mostly with quadtones), I've found myself quite happy with the 
Eboni-6 system, for quality, value, and (relative) simplicity. 
However, I was considering moving to Paul's Carbon-6 workflow, in part 
because of the craft aspect of making my own dilutions, but also to 
separate myself a bit further from the need into a pre-packaged 
system. Of course, Carbon-6 still depends on buying a base black ink 
for the dilution. (I presume that unlike traditional printmaking, 
it's not easy to make one's own ink.)

As Gary is also wondering, I would be very interested in hearing of 
alternate sources for a mixable, bulk pigment, base-black ink that is 
similar in structure and quality to Eboni-6. I don't understand the 
details of the ink market, in terms of who makes ink for whom, but any 
light that can be shed would be very much appreciated, at least by me.

Best,
--John

 



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