Digital BW, The Print

Is there any reason why I should not use Photo Black as one of the blacks for printing on matte paper?

My setup:

Epson 4880
MIS K3 equivalent inks
Eboni black in MK/PK slot
PK (photo black) in the Y slot
QTR 2.72 (Mac)

I have created and linearized a profile that uses MK. PK, LK and LLK.   So far it *looks* okay to me.

Are there problems I should look for, or longterm issues?

I'm hoping to use PK (in Y position), LK and LLK for glossy papers. Since PK is there, I thought I would add it to the mix for matte paper. It is darker than LK but lighter than MK.

Am I correct in assuming that both MIS and Epson MK, PK, LK and LLK are all pure carbon-pigment inks?

Myron



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MIS Eboni MK, as well as the K4 LLK, LK, and PK are 100% carbon, according
to my sources and consistent with what I see in tests.  I am, as I write
this, printing with my 7800 that has MIS LLK, LK, and PK in it as well as
Eboni-6.  My QTR Arches profile that is being used right now uses PK as the
darkest "midtone" as well as overlapping it into the 100% K position to
beef up the dmax a bit (only works with Arches).  I trust it to be about as
strong as we've see the other carbons that have been tested.

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com

On Sun, Sep 16, 2012 at 11:14 AM, Myron Gochnauer <goch@...> wrote:

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> Is there any reason why I should not use Photo Black as one of the blacks
> for printing on matte paper?
>
> My setup:
>
> Epson 4880
> MIS K3 equivalent inks
> Eboni black in MK/PK slot
> PK (photo black) in the Y slot
> QTR 2.72 (Mac)
>
> I have created and linearized a profile that uses MK. PK, LK and LLK. So
> far it *looks* okay to me.
>
> Are there problems I should look for, or longterm issues?
>
> I'm hoping to use PK (in Y position), LK and LLK for glossy papers. Since
> PK is there, I thought I would add it to the mix for matte paper. It is
> darker than LK but lighter than MK.
>
> Am I correct in assuming that both MIS and Epson MK, PK, LK and LLK are
> all pure carbon-pigment inks?
>
> Myron
>
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>
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