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Re: True B&W prints

2009-07-11 by rgrbrrtt

> > --- In QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com, "mmcouvie" <mmcouvie@> wrote:
> > >
> > > I am using an Epson 4000 with Ultra Chrome ink.  
> > > For Ilford I have tried the curves:
> > > 
> > > UC-IsSmooth Pearl - Carbon
> > > UC-IsSmooth Pearl -Neutral 
> > > UC-IsSmooth Pearl - Sepia
> > > 
> > > UC-EEnMatte -Cool
> > > UC-EEnMatte - CoolSe
> > > UC-EEnMatte - Sepia
> > > UC-EEnMatte - warm
> > 
> > The factory black/gray inks in the 4000 are not neutral but are a pukey green/yellow tone. So you gotta add color inks to the mix.
> >
> How do I add color inks to the mix?
>

I'm finding this a bit confusing. If you are using the curves, then the colours are already being added - that's what the curves do.

What you haven't said is what results you are getting. What is actually wrong with the prints you are producing using these curves?

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