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Re: [Digital BW] Dillution of blacks? was Nicholas Hartmann's Mono- Ink Print

Re: [Digital BW] Dillution of blacks? was Nicholas Hartmann's Mono- Ink Print

2001-09-03 by Jerry Olson

Dilute them with WHAT?

water? Nope, it changes the ink colors.

Jerry



Rodolpho Pajuaba wrote:
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> > This leads me to wonder what you could do with a duo-ink system. Use
> > the black and a 50% dilution of the black. All this strongly supports
> > the people who have said you really only need three inks to get a
> > full tone print.
> >
> > I hope someone will read this stuff, play with it and let us know.
> >
> > Martin
>
> Is this possible? I mean, I always believed (I had never made any research;
> I just assumed) that the 4-ink sets were done with 1 black and 3 different
> additions of white ink onto black ink. If the 3 other inks are simply
> dillutions, why bother to buy the sets? Just dillute them yourself, with a
> little trial-and-error dillutions, to find the match that works fine for you
> - is this (me) too dumb? Or too much of work for a not-so-good result?
> Regards,
>
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