Digital BW, The Print

I HAVE RECENTLY EXPLORED B&W DIGITAL PRINTING USING 
MIS QUADTONE 6 (SIX) INK CARTRIDGES...I SOON 
DISCOVERED THAT IT HAS TO FOLLOW A WORKFLOW 
DESIGNATED ON THE MIS WEB PAGE...I BOUGHT THE REFILL 
KIT AND FOUND OUT THAT THE INKS WERE NOT 
DESIGNATED TO THEIR PROPER SHADE COUNTERPART...IN 
OTHER WORDS, THE INKS CAME AS FOLLOWS: 100% BLACK, 
75%, 50%, 45%, 25% AND 15% BLACK...ONE WOULD THINK 
THAT THE LIGHTEST SHADE OF BLACK WOULD BE 
ASSIGNED TO THE LIGHTEST SHADE OF COLOR INK...THIS IS 
NOT SO...YELLOW, THE LIGHTEST COLOR, IS ASSIGNED TO  
50% BLACK...GO FIGURE...NO WONDER THERE IS ALL OF 
THIS TALK ABOUT WORKFLOW AND SOFTWARE TO RUN 
THESE INKS, WHEN IN REALITY ALL ONE HAS TO DO IS 
REARRANGE INK DESIGNATION...SO THIS IS WHAT I 
DID...100% BLACK  BELONGS TO THE BLACK CARTRIDGE 
WHICH IS CORRECT...75% BLACK BELONGS TO BOTH CYAN 
AND MAGENTA BECAUSE THEY ARE BOTH THE SAME COLOR 
GRAY...50% BLACK WENT TO PHOTO CYAN...45% BLACK 
WENT TO PHOTO MAGENTA...25% BLACK WENT TO 
YELLOW...FILLING THESE INKS TO THE ABOVE 
DESIGNATIONS ALLOWED ME TO PRINT A COLOR 
PHOTOGRAPH DIRECTLY WITH 1 (ONE) EXCEPTION...I HAD 
TO MAKE THE IMAGE ON THE MONITOR TO BE LIGHTER ON 
"IMAGE-ADJUST-LEVELS" MIDDLE SLIDER TO THE NUMBER 
"180"...UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS AFTER ANY 
ADJUSTMENTS YOU HAD TO DO TO YOUR IMAGE TO GET IT 
THE WAY YOU LIKE IT ON THE SCREEN...FROM THAT POINT 
START OUT FRESH TO "IMAGE-ADJUST-LEVELS" AND 
PROCEED AS I HAVE DESCRIBED ABOVE..GIVE ME SOME 
FEEDBACK AS TO YOUR RESULTS...OH, BY THE WAY, I HAVE 
ALSO FIGURED OUT ANOTHER WAY TO PRINT FROM 
GRAYSCALE...I WILL GIVE THAT VERY EASY "WORKFLOW" 
TOMORROW...PLEASE, GIVE ME FEEDBACK...MY PRINTS 
LOOK GREAT AND I DO HAVE A DARKROOM...

Grady,

So you are taking a color image that looks good on screen, making 
some Levels adjustments and directly print a B&W print through the 
Epson driver. Definately interesting and not something I have heard 
of anyone trying before. I wish I could see your results. I assume 
you are using the MIS Original ink set?

Martin

P.S. Can you please not type everything in capital letters. It is 
very hard to read. Thanks.

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., gradycarter@y... wrote:

> I HAVE RECENTLY EXPLORED B&W DIGITAL PRINTING USING 
> MIS QUADTONE 6 (SIX) INK CARTRIDGES...I SOON 
> DISCOVERED THAT IT HAS TO FOLLOW A WORKFLOW 
> DESIGNATED ON THE MIS WEB PAGE...I BOUGHT THE REFILL 
> KIT AND FOUND OUT THAT THE INKS WERE NOT 
> DESIGNATED TO THEIR PROPER SHADE COUNTERPART...IN 
> OTHER WORDS, THE INKS CAME AS FOLLOWS: 100% BLACK, 
> 75%, 50%, 45%, 25% AND 15% BLACK...ONE WOULD THINK 
> THAT THE LIGHTEST SHADE OF BLACK WOULD BE 
> ASSIGNED TO THE LIGHTEST SHADE OF COLOR INK...THIS IS 
> NOT SO...YELLOW, THE LIGHTEST COLOR, IS ASSIGNED TO  
> 50% BLACK...GO FIGURE...NO WONDER THERE IS ALL OF 
> THIS TALK ABOUT WORKFLOW AND SOFTWARE TO RUN 
> THESE INKS, WHEN IN REALITY ALL ONE HAS TO DO IS 
> REARRANGE INK DESIGNATION...SO THIS IS WHAT I 
> DID...100% BLACK  BELONGS TO THE BLACK CARTRIDGE 
> WHICH IS CORRECT...75% BLACK BELONGS TO BOTH CYAN 
> AND MAGENTA BECAUSE THEY ARE BOTH THE SAME COLOR 
> GRAY...50% BLACK WENT TO PHOTO CYAN...45% BLACK 
> WENT TO PHOTO MAGENTA...25% BLACK WENT TO 
> YELLOW...FILLING THESE INKS TO THE ABOVE 
> DESIGNATIONS ALLOWED ME TO PRINT A COLOR 
> PHOTOGRAPH DIRECTLY WITH 1 (ONE) EXCEPTION...I HAD 
> TO MAKE THE IMAGE ON THE MONITOR TO BE LIGHTER ON 
> "IMAGE-ADJUST-LEVELS" MIDDLE SLIDER TO THE NUMBER 
> "180"...UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS AFTER ANY 
> ADJUSTMENTS YOU HAD TO DO TO YOUR IMAGE TO GET IT 
> THE WAY YOU LIKE IT ON THE SCREEN...FROM THAT POINT 
> START OUT FRESH TO "IMAGE-ADJUST-LEVELS" AND 
> PROCEED AS I HAVE DESCRIBED ABOVE..GIVE ME SOME 
> FEEDBACK AS TO YOUR RESULTS...OH, BY THE WAY, I HAVE 
> ALSO FIGURED OUT ANOTHER WAY TO PRINT FROM 
> GRAYSCALE...I WILL GIVE THAT VERY EASY "WORKFLOW" 
> TOMORROW...PLEASE, GIVE ME FEEDBACK...MY PRINTS 
> LOOK GREAT AND I DO HAVE A DARKROOM...