Digital BW, The Print

Greetings,

I Recently ordered the warm tone UT-R2W ink kit from MIS to 
compliment 
my Epson 220, but have been having a couple of issues.

First, if these inks are "warm-tone", then I'm guessing the neutral 
set 
is purple or something. Basically what I'm saying is printing to 
Epson 
Heavyweight Matte or Somerset Enhanced Velvet results in prints that 
are very neutral and hardly warm tone at all. So, do I, or do I *not* 
have to apply some special curve to this ink-set to get warm tone 
prints on cotton papers (yes, I'm using the Eboni ink)? Note I'm 
currently running with all profiles turned off and using the settings 
for my 220 listed Paul's site, which are consequenly the same ones I 
used for standard Epson printing.

Next problem I encountered is the Dmax difference between the MIS 
inks 
and the standard Epson inks is fairly dramatic. Blacks with the MIS 
inks are muddy and lack the depth of the Epson ones. Should I fiddle 
with the Epson paper settings and try to induce more ink onto the 
paper 
(I usually use the Epson Matte - Heavyweight setting), or is this 
just 
a nature of the pigment/carbon based inks I have to live with? 

--S Eaton

> 
> I Recently ordered the warm tone UT-R2W ink kit from MIS to
> compliment
> my Epson 220, but have been having a couple of issues.
> 
> First, if these inks are "warm-tone", then I'm guessing the neutral
> set
> is purple or something. Basically what I'm saying is printing to
> Epson
> Heavyweight Matte or Somerset Enhanced Velvet results in prints that
> are very neutral and hardly warm tone at all.

The warm ink is supposed to be pure carbon.  It should be half way to sepia.

> So, do I, or do I *not*
> have to apply some special curve to this ink-set to get warm tone
> prints on cotton papers (yes, I'm using the Eboni ink)?

No curves are used.  The tone is controlled by what ink combination is put
into the printer.

> 
> Next problem I encountered is the Dmax difference between the MIS
> inks
> and the standard Epson inks is fairly dramatic. Blacks with the MIS
> inks are muddy and lack the depth of the Epson ones. Should I fiddle
> with the Epson paper settings and try to induce more ink onto the
> paper
> (I usually use the Epson Matte - Heavyweight setting), or is this
> just
> a nature of the pigment/carbon based inks I have to live with?

Carbon can't match black dye, but they should not look washed out either.
Be sure to use levels to make sure there are some 100% blacks -- small areas
-- in the image.  Also, be sure they shipped Eboni and not Photo black or
universal black (a hybrid).

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com