Digital BW, The Print

on 8/20/01 11:33 PM, dave@... at dave@... wrote:

> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint/file
s/Message%20Related%20Files/Piezo-MISdots.jpg
> 
>> I'm sure the image is subject to differing interpretations.  My view is that
>> the blue-green fringe around the Piezo spot may be caused by dissolved dyes
>> in that inkset spreading further through the Kleenex than the pigment
>> particles.  However, I'm no chemist.
>> 
>> Paul http://www.PaulRoark.com
>> 
> Thats very cool! Sheds light on what must be going on with prints.

yes indeed. if the blue-green dye fades on exposure to light and/or free
radicals, it would account for the warming of the piezo prints. The spread
pattern also suggests to me that the MIS inks may print with a slightly
lower dot gain than the cone inks.

-- 
John Brownlow

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