Digital BW, The Print

On Feb 2, 2010, at 1:50 PM, C D Tobie wrote:

> Carbon will only give carbon-tone, which will vary from fairly neutral 
> to a bit warm, depending on media. You will need other formulations to 
> create serious sepia or brown tones.

Of course you may be right, but I was under the impression that carbon inks tended quite naturally to brown and that one of the difficulties in creating the current ink sets was in getting rid of the brown.

> Given that you want that degree 
> of tint, what's wrong with the inks Epson and Canon already provide?

Life expectancies are way too short for my tastes.


David Kachel



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