Digital BW, The Print

I've summarized my latest findings in this effort at 
http://www.paulroark.com/BW-Info/Arches.pdf

One of the significant things I've found is that briefly rinsing Arches has very little impact on the image.  

(A watercolorist and I are currently in a collaborative effort to see what happens when the media are mixed.  We're using the Cold Press version of Arches for this.  They also have a "Rough" version for even more texture.  I'll look at that at some point.)

I've noted in my PDF that Jon Cone's carbon sepia should behave similarly to the dilute Eboni I'm using.  It would be interesting to see what a very warm Arches looks like.  I'd say we ought to have a medium sepia that is better than any of the traditional methods.

I've posted my QTR setup.  Note that this is for the 7800 C6 "Dual."  Other inksets will need different arrangments, but the key is to keep the midtone ink limits very low.  (The limits I show in the PDF are when a "toner" channel -- still carbon -- is used.  So, the ink limit is split between them.)

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com