Digital BW, The Print

I just purchased an Epson C86 printer and EZ-W inks. I have been 
using the Lysonic Quad inks for several years, but have always 
wished for a slightly warmer image tone. I feel the EZ-W inks are 
too warm. I have read that combining EZ-W inks with EZ-N inks may 
cool up the image. I would like a slightly warmer high value image 
with a neutral bottom to black image tone. Is this possible ?

>I just purchased an Epson C86 printer and EZ-W inks. ...
>I feel the EZ-W inks are too warm.

It's pure carbon, with is half way to sepia, but also the most lightfast
inks for archiving old photos -- which is one market this combo was designed
for.

>I have read that combining EZ-W inks with EZ-N inks may 
>cool up the image. I would like a slightly warmer high value 
>image with a neutral bottom to black image tone. Is this possible ?


It is with curves, but assuming you don't want to get into that, the most
important difference to work with in the way the inks are put down is that
the Cyan is close to the others in the highlights, but flattens out so that
it is much lighter in the shadows.  So, a warm ink in the cyan would tend to
give you relatively cooler shadows if there were neutral-cool inks in the
others or one of the others.

Many rag papers print cooler in the shadow also.  PremierArt Fine Art Hot
Press and Photo Rag come to mind in this respect.  The PremierArt  prints
cooler than Photo Rag.

You'll have to experiment with how many neutral carts works best for you.
The carts and inks are the same, but the chips are specific to each
position.  That can be changed fairly easily.  I use a small piece of tape
to be sure they don't fall off.  Loading a cart without a chip can wreck the
printer.

Hope this helps.

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com 












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> It is with curves, but assuming you don't want to get into that, 

Thanks, is there a place to get more info on the various how too's ?