Digital BW, The Print

Wow, thanks Mark. 

This certainly looks well worth further research for B&W printing. I have been thinking of converting my Epson 3800 to a B&W system and this might be the right time to do it.

Regards,

Tim

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Mark" <mark@...> wrote:
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> Just a quick note to let Digital BW forum members know that Owens Valley Imaging, Inc (OVI) recently contracted with AaI&A to test its HTv ink set on a couple of samples of Hahnemuhle Photo Rag Duo 276 gsm paper. The samples have reached the 20 Megalux hour mark in test, and the reports have now been added to the AaI&A light fastness database (see ID #s 237 and 238). 
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> OVI describes its HTv ink set as " A single, unique archival variable tone carbon inkset. This inkset is for matte/rag printing and uses six pure carbon inks from black to very light gray plus two very stable low-gamut pigments in smalls amount to control print color".  I cannot personally speak to pricing, availability, or printer reliability issues as I have not personally printed with these inks, but the hue and tonality of the samples I received for testing look really good. This ink set may therefore be of interest to end-users looking to try third party multi-shade monochrome ink sets. The link to the OVI website is:
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> http://www.ovimaging.com/inks.html 
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> cheers,
> Mark
> http/www.aardenburg-imaging.com
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