Digital BW, The Print

Thanks Paul for your response.  I'm sure you saw by my last response that i'm going to try 
the diluting HP PK with the glop route and see how that works!  I figure as long as they 
mix well, stays in solution and doesn't clog that it should work; I guess that is a lot of if's, 
but I'll keep my fingers crossed.

If you get a chance and don' mind, would you check and see how the HP PK mixes with 
glop, I would certainly appreciate it; it will be a few days before I will get a chance to mix 
the solution up myself.  If not, are there any mix test I could do myself?  I don't have any 
lab equipment other than some syringes.  I would hate for it to clog the heads.  If it does 
clog, is it possible to unclog it?
Randy

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "pr_roark" <pr_roark@...> wrote:
>
> "Randy Rancier" <randy_rancier2004@> wrote:
> >
> > Paul, rather than diluting the HP PK with glop as I had 
> > discussed with you a couple of days 
> > ago in order to try to reduce the bronzing and gloss 
> > differential, I was thinking that using 
> > the other gray inks in the HP Z3100 inkset might work better.
> 
> The availability of the HP grey inks is part of why I like their PK.  
> Those who do not want to deal with diluting can just pony up the 
> bucks for the HP OEM inks.  They appear to use the usual 
> dilutions/densities, so the workflows should be rather transferable.
> 
> Be aware, however, that the HP grey inks also suffer from bronzing.  
> I think the PK black only might be the most free of it, probably due 
> to the high density of the inks.  I think I found the same thing with 
> MIS PK.
> 
> > If I was going to try this with just one of the gray inks 
> > along with the HP PK in the 1400, 
> > which would you recommend using along with the HP PK; 
> > the HP Gray, or the HP Light Gray?
> 
> I think the 1400 is smoth enough to just use an LK, but some do think 
> an LLK makes a visible difference.
> 
> > I suppose one could use both the HP Gray and Light Gray inks 
> > along with the HP PK.  
> 
> Yes.
> 
> > I supposed I could put the light gray ink in the Y position 
> > instead of the glop if you thought 
> > I might not need the glop with this approach.
> 
> The HP inks bronze, so you may want glop in the printer.
> 
> Paul
> www.PaulRoark.com
>