Digital BW, The Print

Shilesh,

>I am playing around mixing inks to impart different tones to FS inks.  I
>read your posts in the files section on the draft Sepia FS inks,
>and I have some questions:

>Once I have created my master Cyan (dark density) ink,
>can your formulae be used universally to get the Magenta
>and Yellow inks? That is will they work no matter what tone
>I am developing? ...

>Magenta = 26% Cyan + 74% MIS Clear Base?
>Yellow = 43% Magenta + 57% MIS Clear Base?

I think those percentages will get you very close.  The various inks do have
slightly different absorption and other characteristics, so there could be a
little fine tuning that still needs to be done. However, those percentages
should be close enough that you can go straight to a full mix after your
cyan base ink is finalized and see what the full inkset is going to look
like.

Good luck with your mixing.

Paul
http://www.PaulRoark.com

Paul,

Thank you. I have played around a little bit. It is amazing how easy 
it is to get "chromatic complexity". It is not the same as PT-
Selenium, but rather another variation on the same theme. My favorite 
so far has been mixing 10% MIS Archival Magenta to 90% FS Cyan, for 
middle density, I use straight FS, and for light density I use 
straight FS-N. Very little, if any, adjustment is required relative 
to using straight FS inks on my Epson driver workflow.

Best wishes.

Shilesh

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Paul Roark" 
<paul.roark@v...> wrote:
> Shilesh,
> 
> >I am playing around mixing inks to impart different tones to FS 
inks.  I
> >read your posts in the files section on the draft Sepia FS inks,
> >and I have some questions:
> 
> >Once I have created my master Cyan (dark density) ink,
> >can your formulae be used universally to get the Magenta
> >and Yellow inks? That is will they work no matter what tone
> >I am developing? ...
> 
> >Magenta = 26% Cyan + 74% MIS Clear Base?
> >Yellow = 43% Magenta + 57% MIS Clear Base?
> 
> I think those percentages will get you very close.  The various 
inks do have
> slightly different absorption and other characteristics, so there 
could be a
> little fine tuning that still needs to be done. However, those 
percentages
> should be close enough that you can go straight to a full mix after 
your
> cyan base ink is finalized and see what the full inkset is going to 
look

> like.
> 
> Good luck with your mixing.
> 
> Paul
> http://www.PaulRoark.com