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, > > -- > Rodolpho Pajuaba > www.pajuaba.com.br > > > Please visit the Group Homepage to check the Files, Bookmarks, Polls and other resources as they are often being updated. The page is at: > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/