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[Digital BW] Re: Is Claria the best dye ink? was batch h1 Aardenburg test results are in

2011-06-03 by Paul

"Mark" <mark@...> wrote:
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> Sort on [paper/media][contains]"advanced" to pull up both Claria ink on HP Advanced paper as well as the 57+,58,59 HP dye set, ...

> I can't say for certain or not whether HP added specific chemistry to it's Hp Advanced paper tailored to help the Vivera dyes specifically, ...
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> What is obvious in the AaI&A tests is how well HP has engineered the "balanced" fading characteristic into both its Vivera dye and Pigment sets. 

> ... take a look at the neutral patch response in these samples  ...


I think that the comparisons of the neutral gray patches does not tell us much about how the Claria black only inks would compare to the HP dyes.  The HP uses a gray ink, the Epson Claria printer does not.  However, the HP on this microporous paper still did better at 40 MLux hours than the Claria Black Only did on Epson Premium Photo Paper Glossy.  At the 50% patch the Claria delta-e is 5.9, whereas the HP delta-e is 3.6.

It's too bad the HP dmax is so much weaker.

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com

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