Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Richard Smallfield <r.smallfield@...> wrote:
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> Is it feasible to make an inkset that has both blacks installed at once? 
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> thanks,
> Richard
> 


In my opinion, yes. Matte, photo, k3, k4, k5, k6, etc. to the lightest shade you want. When printing on matte papers you use all inks, when printing on glossy papers you do not use the matte black. The only issue is whether you want the longevity of the matte only (carbon) inks and dilutions, or if the glossy grays will be fine for what you are printing. I'm probably not explaining it correctly, but since the photo black inks normally show up on matte papers as a lighter shade than matte black it should fall right into place in a multi black/gray workflow.

Now as to specific inksets, I'll leave it to the creators to say yes or no or not needed with our inks.