QTR-Quadtone RIP

dannyvanrijswijk <nightf3v3r@...> wrote:

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> ... Epson R3000 ... for my B&W artwork.
> I would love to work with Carbon inks in several shades to achieve a very
> smooth result.
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If the best longevity is important, stay with 100% carbon.  The tinted or
toned carbon inks are very dependent on the quality of the color inks added
to them to avoid differential fade that causes the image tone to shift.  As
much as I like to save money on inks, I use HP Z3100/3200  where I want a
blended carbon + color (neutral) inkset, and I use Epson LC and LM inks
with MIS carbon where I want to have full control of the print tone.  See
http://www.paulroark.com/BW-Info/4000-6K-Plus.pdf .  This last approach
does require QTR for control.



> ... a pretty expensive investment.
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See http://www.paulroark.com/BW-Info/Carbon-6.pdf for the least expensive
100% carbon printing approach that uses dilute inks.  You can mix the inks,
buy the pre-mixed base from MIS, or buy the entire inkset pre-mixed --
http://www.paulroark.com/BW-Info/Eboni-6.pdf .

Note that these inkset can be printed with either QTR or the Epson driver.

... http://shop.farbenwerk.com/schwarzweiss-tinten/carbonprint-museum
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Judging from the shades of the prints I see, I'd guess they are using a
rather standard warm carbon.  All carbon pigments are warm, but the reason
I selected and used the ink MIS sells as "Eboni" is that, in addition to a
good dmax on matte paper, it is less warm than the other 100% carbon inks
on almost all matte papers.

Good luck with your search.

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com


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