Digital BW, The Print

So  could one create a Hextone inkset made of diluted Vivera grays and put it in a Z3100 for super PK output? That's what I've been thinking about for awhile, and possibly using the additonal channels for gloss enhancer and split toning hues like red and blue and yellow. Putting thermal inks like that in a Piezzo printer sounds a little scary.

What does one dilute Vivera Gray with?

john





--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Richard Smallfield <r.smallfield@...> wrote:
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> Hi Ernst, 
> I recalled the HP neutral grey too ... why on earth Epson hasn't adopted this approach is very hard to fathom.
> 
> I've compared a QTR with an ABW print today and there is no comparison re the amount of coloured ink  - but I've only had my 3800 a few days, and don't know yet if it's possible to improve the ABW performance vis a vis reducing coloured ink.
> 
> In the meantime I think I'll stick to QTR.
> Richard
> 
> At 06:42 p.m. Saturday 8/08/2009, you wrote:
> >HP Z models + the B9180 etc desktop printers have a neutral grey ink 
> >range that has a high resistance to fading. Paul Roark has used some of 
> >the Vivera inks, diluted and straight, in Epson models and there are no 
> >clogs as I understand it. But only with QTR you will be able to change 
> >the media presets, not with the Epson driver. The Epson driver will 
> >control what will be composite grey and what mixed of grey inks, both in 
> >ABW and color mode.
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