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RE: [Digital BW] Re: Ultra chrome black inks..
2016-01-14 by ssanking@...
I hope you are well. Long time since we talked.
Having spent most of a decade learning to make QTR work , with digital negatives and with inkjet printing in monochrome, I would personally not consider switching to a Canon or HP printer since those printers can not be used with QTR. And personally, I have become addicted to the creativity offered by being able to create my own profiles with QTR, for digital negatives and inkjet prints, with any ink set I choose to use.
As for inks, seems I learn something every day, but the more I learn the more I realize that most of what I learn comes with mixed truths. You want permanent prints, use carbon transfer or platinum. Inkjet prints that are made with 100% carbon inks are very stable on matte surface papers, but less stable if you add some color, and in any event they are quite fragile unless you overcoat. Very unpleasant, and expensive, to find out how easily a 24X36" inkjet print on a good quality 100% cotton rag paper will smudge. Light stability is obviously important in print making, but surface hardness is also an archival issue that seems to be ignored in today's testing.
What I would really like for my own work with inkjet is a stable gloss type ink set with 100% carbon that would offer several colors for toning, and dry very hard. And if it dries well on OHP for digital negatives for my carbon transfer work, so much the better.
Sandy