MonoChrome Printing

How do the Lyson MonoChrome inks sets work.
The method which Lyson ink use to create stunning MonoChrome prints is very simple, all the colour cartridges are replaced with different shades of grey, each shade having a different intensity of black, while the black channel is replaced with pure black. The result is that your black and white print ends up having very smooth tonalities, great detail in the highlights, shadows and midtones and with no colour cast. Lyson have just released a Dedicated monochrome ink set for the Epson 1400

Lyson Release a New Monochrome Ink Set - Epson 1400
Many years ago Lyson set the monochrome photographic world alight with the invent of the Quad Black ink set, this changed the way professionals produced black and white prints, it was now possible to create true monochrome prints that rivalled conventional silver halide methods using digital desktop printing methods. After the release of the Quad Black inks many of the other ink manufacturers tried to emulate Lysons’ success and released dedicated monochrome inks in a hope to capture a foothold in this specialist but growing sector, most of them found that they lacked the production capability and technology to deliver inks of the same standard as Lyson. Shortly after the release of the Quad Black inks Lyson really raised the stakes and released the Small Gamut ink set, upon it’s launch it took the photographic world by storm and to this day the quality that this monochrome ink set offers has never been surpassed despite the efforts of many, that was until now, unfortunately for the competitors it’s Lyson that have yet again moved even further in to the lead with a new revolutionary black and white ink set. The preliminary release of these monochrome inks will be used on the new Epson 1400 printer, the low cost and reliability of this printer makes this the ideal machine to convert to the reproduction of monochrome prints. The results of the new Lyson monochrome set are outstanding and the quality of the prints are truly amazing, each colour channel is replaced with a special unique ink formulation comprising of a different density of grey, this allows the printer to create blacks using black ink, and not by trying to mix colours to produce the illusion of black. Extensive tests using this ink result in a print that exhibits excellent tonal range, fantastic detail and absolutely no colour contamination of any kind, the results have to be seen to be believed.
Dedicated monochrome ink set for the Epson 1400

MonoChrome Printing - Which ink set ?
Lyson produce a range of inks that are dedicated to the re-production of MonoChrome photographic images, when used in conjunction with a printer profile the results and quality are nothing short of amazing, however new users are often confused over which range of MonoChrome inks to purchase, setting aside the new R1800 and R2400 printers for the time being, users are faced with two choices, Small Gamut or Quad Black, under most circumstances when the photographer was using any printer other then the 2100 the Small Gamut ink set would be the first choice, this ink set produces great prints on either matt or gloss media and the user can also change the tone of the hue in the print see the image below, users with a Epson 2100 printer however would be advised to use the Lyson Quad Black ink set.

The above images where created using the Lyson Small Gamut ink Set, each image as had a different tonal range applied, creating an effect that other inks just can not replicate.
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Watch a movie demo detailing how easy it is to change the hue of of a MonoChrome image for printing with Small Gamut inks

Expert photographers that print on the 2100 often purchase the Quad Black ink set and take advantage of the 2100s ability of being able to tone this ink set, the 2100 in conjunction with the Quad Black ink set are often the combination used to produce Black and White prints for high end exhibitions.

Both Quad Black and Small Gamut inks can be purchased in either ink cartridge format or used in a Continuous Bulk Ink System.