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

2011-06-03 by John

Yes Paul,
I believe HP did that early on! I don't know if it was to hold down the bleeding, or for more permanence in text printing. The early Media Street pigmented inks used a dye for the additional d-max it offered, that faded away before too long.

John Nollendorfs
--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Paul" <roark.paul@...> wrote:
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> I was once told that some of the "dye" inksets actually use a hybrid black that contains very finely ground carbon as well as a blend of dyes. The reason for this initially was to hold down bleed in text printing. The presence of carbon would explain some of the black "dye" ink stability we've seen in tests. 
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> Paul
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