Digital BW, The Print

David Kachel <david@...> wrote:
> ... 
> So what is in the other sets that is not carbon?

Most of the B&W inksets are a blend of carbon and colors.  We can't make a totally neutral inkset from carbon.  The term "carbon" inkset has been used rather loosely.  I try to be explicit and call things like the Eboni inksets I use "100% carbon" to clearly indicate that I'm not adding color inks to them.

I believe the only 100% carbon inksets are Cone Carbon Sepia, the Eboni based ones (1800 3-MK, Eboni-6, Carbon-6).  One can also print black only with a number of inksets and achieve a 100% carbon image.  The MIS K4 Lk, etc. are also carbon (from what I can tell) and are used in various MIS inksets as the "warm" version or curve.

(Of course all pigment inks have a clear base suspension medium, but I'm talking about the parts of the inkset that form the image -- the pigments or dyes.)

Paul
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