Digital BW, The Print

I've been exploring the best way to print a photo that, I think, benefits from a very warm image tone, if not full-on sepia.  So far, I think MIS LK in the 1400 (currently with HP PK) seems to be the easiest.  

See http://www.paulroark.com/BW-Info/Cayucus%20Water%20Tower.pdf

The shot was taken in Cayucus, CA last Friday. 

The inkset in the printer has been my Eboni-6, HP PK combo -- see http://www.paulroark.com/BW-Info/Eb1400.pdf.  So, I basically wanted to just see what MIS carbon would do in the easiest fashion possible without disrupting my current inkset options significantly.  

UT14 has MIS LK and PK in the Lm-M positions.  So, I grabbed my UT14 LM cart, but put it in the LC spot, so that it would be paired with the HP PK that was already in the C spot.  I decided to use the Epson driver (and pre-made cross-over).  I made a simple, straight line Photoshop curve that is just the Red Curve (cyan ink position) from 0 to 100.  With the Epson driver set to Premium Photo Semi Gloss and No Color Adjustment, the 1400 prints almost a straight line.  I put the curve and spectro information into an ICC using QTR's Create ICC-RGB.  Then I printed the full image.

The monitor screen grab with the ICC used to soft proof the image is quite accurate.  The graph of the Lab A & B show the warmth.

I think give the ease and lack of any need to mix a sepia toner will probably cause me to just stop here, maybe substituting MIS (or Epson K2) PK for a 100% carbon PK. 

I have not spent much time exploring which papers are warmest with MIS carbon, but my impression is that the glossy ones have a higher gamut, that is, warmer tone, than the matte papers.  Do any other papers come to mind that might print warmer than this with carbon?  

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com