Digital BW, The Print

Hello Have a question 

I am using a 2400 with matt black installed, I use MIS K4 inkset with
their Eboni matt black.

I cannot get a neutral print using QTR no matter what curves I use.  I 
have tries several papers with the same results.

I can get a netural print by using a profile.

I know that Eboni ink is warm, I though that I could by blending curves
get a neutral print. Is this possible with the combo I am using.

Thanks in advance.

Ed

Ed,

Yes, you can get a neutral print using QTR.  There are two 
ways....when printing, blend a warm profile with a cool profile, 
experimenting until you get the percentages that give you a neutral 
print.

Or, you can create a single profile that is neutral for each paper, 
which is what I do.  I'm using a 2200 and a 4000, using MISPro color 
inks, which only have two shades of black, Eboni and LK.  I don't 
have the LLK ink.  To get a neutral profile, you will have to add 
some LC and LM in roughly equal proportions to cool off the natural 
warmth of your Eboni, LK and LLK inks.  It takes a little 
experimentation and trial and error.  Once you have it the way you 
like it, you should be able to use the same approximate percentages 
on other papers, but you will probably need to set a new default ink 
limit and relinearize, depending on the paper.

If you are not building your own profiles, try the blending approach 
mentioned first, or look in the files section of this site to see if 
someone has posted neutral profiles for the 2400, your inkset and 
your paper.  

Lou  

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "photoguy102002" 
<photoguy102002@...> wrote:
>
> Hello Have a question 
> 
> I am using a 2400 with matt black installed, I use MIS K4 inkset 
with
> their Eboni matt black.
> 
> I cannot get a neutral print using QTR no matter what curves I 
use.  I 
> have tries several papers with the same results.
> 
> I can get a netural print by using a profile.
> 
> I know that Eboni ink is warm, I though that I could by blending 
curves

> get a neutral print. Is this possible with the combo I am using.
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> Ed
>