I have a lot of extra yellow, cyan, and magenta ink left over from
refilling inkjet cartridges. Any idea of the proportions of each I
should mix to get brown/black ink?

On Sat, 17 Jul 2010 19:51:43 -0700 (PDT), "hr(bob) "
wrote:

I have a lot of extra yellow, cyan, and magenta ink left over from
refilling inkjet cartridges. Any idea of the proportions of each I
should mix to get brown/black ink?

There a better ng for this I think.

alt.comp.periphs.printers is either dead or it's not on eternal
september.

But comp.periphs.printers is still pretty busy.

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"hr(bob) " wrote:

I have a lot of extra yellow, cyan, and magenta ink left over from
refilling inkjet cartridges. Any idea of the proportions of each I
should mix to get brown/black ink?

Equal proportions of each will yield black.

On Jul 17, 9:51*pm, "hr(bob) "
wrote:
I have a lot of extra yellow, cyan, and magenta ink left over from
refilling inkjet cartridges. *Any idea of the proportions of each I
should mix to get brown/black ink?

I dont think you can all you will get is a mess, Black is black ,
google making brown paint. cyan and magenta are in the blue range but
have at it.

"Smitty Two" wrote in message
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"hr(bob) " wrote:

I have a lot of extra yellow, cyan, and magenta ink left over from
refilling inkjet cartridges. Any idea of the proportions of each I
should mix to get brown/black ink?

Equal proportions of each will yield black.

Sort of black. The old HP single cartridge color printers did that and the
black had a sort of icky greenish hue to it. That was the HP500C that cost
$300 back in the late 1980's. The dual cartridge 550C was $400.

On Sat, 17 Jul 2010 19:51:43 -0700, hr(bob) wrote:

I have a lot of extra yellow, cyan, and magenta ink left over from
refilling inkjet cartridges. Any idea of the proportions of each I
should mix to get brown/black ink?

If equal parts doesn't do it nothing will.

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On Jul 18, 3:51*am, "hr(bob) "
wrote:
I have a lot of extra yellow, cyan, and magenta ink left over from
refilling inkjet cartridges. *Any idea of the proportions of each I
should mix to get brown/black ink?

You will not get black. That's why there's a separate black cartridge.

hr(bob) wrote:
I have a lot of extra yellow, cyan, and magenta ink left over from
refilling inkjet cartridges. Any idea of the proportions of each I
should mix to get brown/black ink?

I've done fabric dyeing using similar base colors but I'm sure the
pigments are different. In my color samples, I have a nice reddish
brown that uses 1 part yellow, 7 parts cyan and 12 parts magenta.

With ink, I'd start with a few drops of yellow, add magenta a drop at a
time to get a medium orange, and then try adding the cyan. Count drops
for each and then multiply.

"harry" wrote

You will not get black. That's why there's a separate black cartridge.

It was not always like that. Check out an HP500C printer that had only one
cartridge. It was not a true black, but "close enough" for most people.

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"Ed Pawlowski" wrote:

"harry" wrote

You will not get black. That's why there's a separate black cartridge.

It was not always like that. Check out an HP500C printer that had only one
cartridge. It was not a true black, but "close enough" for most people.

It's the difference between theory and practice. Nevertheless, the OP is
trying to forge black from what he has available. Equal proportions are
his best/only option and he gets what he gets.

On 7/18/2010 6:47 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:

"Smitty Two" wrote in message
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"hr(bob) " wrote:

I have a lot of extra yellow, cyan, and magenta ink left over from
refilling inkjet cartridges. Any idea of the proportions of each I
should mix to get brown/black ink?

Equal proportions of each will yield black.

Sort of black. The old HP single cartridge color printers did that and
the black had a sort of icky greenish hue to it. That was the HP500C
that cost $300 back in the late 1980's. The dual cartridge 550C was $400.

You're referring to the printer that would work under DOS because the
brains were in the printer. What on Earth did people do before USB?

TDD

On Jul 18, 7:22*pm, Smitty Two wrote:
In article ,
*"Ed Pawlowski" wrote:

"harry" wrote

You will not get black. *That's why there's a separate black cartridge.

It was not always like that. *Check out an HP500C printer that had only one
cartridge. *It was not a true black, but "close enough" for most people.

It's the difference between theory and practice. Nevertheless, the OP is
trying to forge black from what he has available. Equal proportions are
his best/only option and he gets what he gets.

No-one has been able to come up with the absolutely true RYB colour
pigments. That's why when you mix them you will only ever be able to
get a mucky brown at best. Nowhere near black.
It all stems from the subtractive and additive colour combinations.
Also what pigments can be manufactured.

"harry" wrote in message
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On Jul 18, 7:22 pm, Smitty Two wrote:
In article ,
"Ed Pawlowski" wrote:

"harry" wrote

You will not get black. That's why there's a separate black
cartridge.

It was not always like that. Check out an HP500C printer that had only
one
cartridge. It was not a true black, but "close enough" for most
people.

It's the difference between theory and practice. Nevertheless, the OP is
trying to forge black from what he has available. Equal proportions are
his best/only option and he gets what he gets.

No-one has been able to come up with the absolutely true RYB colour
pigments. That's why when you mix them you will only ever be able to
get a mucky brown at best. Nowhere near black.
It all stems from the subtractive and additive colour combinations.
Also what pigments can be manufactured.

That is why lithographic printing also uses four colors for color
photographs in newspapers, magazines and books. Years ago they tried three
color printing but the results were never good, and only used in some
newspapers because they didn't have the printing capability for 4 colors.
Coffee table books often use a 6 color process to enhance the color because
even the 4 color process cannot reproduce all colors accurately.

On Mon, 19 Jul 2010 11:17:17 -0400, EXT wrote:

"harry" wrote in message
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On Jul 18, 7:22 pm, Smitty Two wrote:
In article ,
"Ed Pawlowski" wrote:

"harry" wrote

You will not get black. That's why there's a separate black
cartridge.

It was not always like that. Check out an HP500C printer that had
only one
cartridge. It was not a true black, but "close enough" for most
people.

It's the difference between theory and practice. Nevertheless, the OP
is trying to forge black from what he has available. Equal proportions
are his best/only option and he gets what he gets.

No-one has been able to come up with the absolutely true RYB colour
pigments. That's why when you mix them you will only ever be able to
get a mucky brown at best. Nowhere near black. It all stems from the
subtractive and additive colour combinations. Also what pigments can be
manufactured.

That is why lithographic printing also uses four colors for color
photographs in newspapers, magazines and books. Years ago they tried
three color printing but the results were never good, and only used in
some newspapers because they didn't have the printing capability for 4
colors. Coffee table books often use a 6 color process to enhance the
color because even the 4 color process cannot reproduce all colors
accurately.

My old Canon Bubble-Jet printer, one of the first color consumer ink
printers had 4 colors and could print black pretty decent. Sharp's new
LCD TV the Quadra or something like that, uses 4 colors over the
traditional RGB scheme.

On Jul 18, 11:25*am, "
wrote:
hr(bob) wrote:
I have a lot of extra yellow, cyan, and magenta ink left over from
refilling inkjet cartridges. *Any idea of the proportions of each I
should mix to get brown/black ink?

I've done fabric dyeing using similar base colors but I'm sure the
pigments are different. *In my color samples, I have a nice reddish
brown that uses 1 part yellow, 7 parts cyan and 12 parts magenta.

With ink, I'd start with a few drops of yellow, add magenta a drop at a
time to get a medium orange, and then try adding the cyan. *Count drops
for each and then multiply.

This is the best suggestion, I'll try it using / counting drops. I'll
mix in some real black if it looks too bad. I just hatre to throw
away half-full bottles of colored ink that I won't use because I
bought too much as part of a package.

On Jul 19, 6:35*pm, "hr(bob) "
wrote:
On Jul 18, 11:25*am, "
wrote:

hr(bob) wrote:
I have a lot of extra yellow, cyan, and magenta ink left over from
refilling inkjet cartridges. *Any idea of the proportions of each I
should mix to get brown/black ink?

I've done fabric dyeing using similar base colors but I'm sure the
pigments are different. *In my color samples, I have a nice reddish
brown that uses 1 part yellow, 7 parts cyan and 12 parts magenta.

With ink, I'd start with a few drops of yellow, add magenta a drop at a
time to get a medium orange, and then try adding the cyan. *Count drops
for each and then multiply.

This is the best suggestion, I'll try it using / counting drops. *I'll
mix in some real black if it looks too bad. *I just hatre to throw
away half-full bottles of colored ink that I won't use because I
bought too much as part of a package.

Don't worry. Hang on to it. It wll come in eventually.

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"hr(bob) " wrote:

On Jul 18, 11:25*am, "
wrote:
hr(bob) wrote:
I have a lot of extra yellow, cyan, and magenta ink left over from
refilling inkjet cartridges. *Any idea of the proportions of each I
should mix to get brown/black ink?

I've done fabric dyeing using similar base colors but I'm sure the
pigments are different. *In my color samples, I have a nice reddish
brown that uses 1 part yellow, 7 parts cyan and 12 parts magenta.

With ink, I'd start with a few drops of yellow, add magenta a drop at a
time to get a medium orange, and then try adding the cyan. *Count drops
for each and then multiply.

This is the best suggestion, I'll try it using / counting drops. I'll
mix in some real black if it looks too bad. I just hatre to throw
away half-full bottles of colored ink that I won't use because I
bought too much as part of a package.

No, it isn't the best suggestion. It's b.s. The best suggestion is to
use equal proportions. This isn't research, for christ's sake. Color
theory is an established science.

"Jeff The Drunk" wrote in message
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On Mon, 19 Jul 2010 11:17:17 -0400, EXT wrote:

"harry" wrote in message
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On Jul 18, 7:22 pm, Smitty Two wrote:
In article ,
"Ed Pawlowski" wrote:

"harry" wrote

You will not get black. That's why there's a separate black
cartridge.

It was not always like that. Check out an HP500C printer that had
only one
cartridge. It was not a true black, but "close enough" for most
people.

It's the difference between theory and practice. Nevertheless, the OP
is trying to forge black from what he has available. Equal proportions
are his best/only option and he gets what he gets.

No-one has been able to come up with the absolutely true RYB colour
pigments. That's why when you mix them you will only ever be able to
get a mucky brown at best. Nowhere near black. It all stems from the
subtractive and additive colour combinations. Also what pigments can be
manufactured.

That is why lithographic printing also uses four colors for color
photographs in newspapers, magazines and books. Years ago they tried
three color printing but the results were never good, and only used in
some newspapers because they didn't have the printing capability for 4
colors. Coffee table books often use a 6 color process to enhance the
color because even the 4 color process cannot reproduce all colors
accurately.

My old Canon Bubble-Jet printer, one of the first color consumer ink
printers had 4 colors and could print black pretty decent. Sharp's new
LCD TV the Quadra or something like that, uses 4 colors over the
traditional RGB scheme.

Red, Green, Blue (RGB) is used for transmitted or projected color used in
slides, films, television.
Yellow, Magenta [red], Cyan [blue] and Black (YMCK) are used for reflective
color as used in litho printing, or any color on a solid substrate where
light is reflected.