Digital BW, The Print

Paul,

Using Image Specialist (same as MIS K4?) LK and LLK and Epson OEM K3 PK, printing on Epson Exhibition Fiber, I get b more than 12. It remains more than 10 across 50% to 80% patches, and drops down to paper-white rather gracefully. It also gets cooler towards Dmax. These were printed on a Epson 4000 using QTR. Dmax after second pass glop was >2.75.

I personally think this is a good match between paper and inks because b values drop quite nicely towards paper white.

Hope this helps.

Shilesh

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "pr_roark" <roark.paul@...> wrote:
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> 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.  
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> See http://www.paulroark.com/BW-Info/Cayucus%20Water%20Tower.pdf
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> The shot was taken in Cayucus, CA last Friday. 
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> 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.  
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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. 
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> 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?  
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> Paul
> www.PaulRoark.com
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