Digital BW, The Print

My supply of inks for the UT14 ink set is running low. I'm planning to order the UT14 black, cyan and magenta inks from MIS. I have plenty of PR-CLEARBASE-PT. What is the correct dilution be to make up the light cyan and light magenta inks?

remononaz1 <homershannon@...> wrote:

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> My supply of inks for the UT14 ink set is running low. I'm planning to
> order the UT14 black, cyan and magenta inks from MIS. I have plenty of
> PR-CLEARBASE-PT. What is the correct dilution be to make up the light cyan
> and light magenta inks?
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That base -- http://www.inksupply.com/product-details.cfm?pn=PR-CLEARBASE-PT--
is made for Noritus/Claria dye dilution.

UT14 K is Eboni.  None of the ligher UT14 inks are dilute Eboni.

The UT14 "color" position inks use MIS/InkSupply.com "amber" base.  See
http://www.inksupply.com/product-details.cfm?pn=ESC-BASEPT-UC

The light inks -- LC and LM -- use 30% concentrate ink (C and
M, respectively  and 70% amber base.  The UT14 Y is gloss optimizer, which
is the same as the amber base.

Since you have to buy the amber base from MIS/Inksupply.com, there is no
savings from diluting your own.  The amber base costs the same as the
dilute ink.

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com


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OK, Thanks for the clarification. I was hoping I could use up some of the clearbase I have dilute the magenta and cyan, but I guess not. I might as well spring for a full set. 

Homer

Where purchasing the amber base & 1 UT14-C & 1 UT14-M is convient if you want to experiment with different dilution or for different projects.

For example, you could mix a LK , LLK, & LLLK  inks out of either of the UT14-C or UT14-M to obtain a tritone or quadtone.  What I have seen on the UT14 inks & 1400 printer, this really is a bit extreme but doable.