Digital BW, The Print

Philip wrote:
>
> I need a B&W solution for printing on glossy material. 
> Recently I tried some third party inks made by OCP (German?)
> in a spare Epson C120...

> My question is: can I use Ebony as black and make three gray ink as 
> following:
> 
> Black position:     matte black ink from image specialist (Ebony from MIS)
> Cyan position:   dye black (OCP)
> Magenta position:   dark gray (OCP)
> Yellow position:  light gray (OCP)
> 
> Will MIS Ebony matte black ink mixed with dye gray ink cause 
> any problem?

Eboni is for matte paper only.  It is not appropriate for glossy paper.

Also, we had trouble with Eboni mixing with residual dyes back when 1280s were being used for B&W.  Eboni appeared to be sensitive to at least the Epson dye formula.

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com