Digital BW, The Print

on 3/25/02 2:19 AM, Paul Roark wrote:

> The enhanced K has never done well in my fade tests.  I think that the dye
> on EAM is a combination that does not optimize the enhanced K's life.  I
> recall reading that while EAM is great for pigments, it is not good for
> dyes.  I suspect the paper MS used to get the Wilhelm test results is a good
> hint as to which paper that black does well on.
> 
> I doubt that pollution was a problem.
> 
> The fading wasn't really that bad, and it's all relative anyway.

Paul,

Good points on the paper and that the fading, while more than the VM-K,
really isn't that bad. In light of the fact that the Indelibles K, and Gen
K, both start out denser than the VM-K, then fade relatively more, but still
end up darker than the VM-K, can you speak to how they all look relative to
each other at the end of your test. IOW, even though the Indelibles and Gen
K's fade more, may they still not be a superior K at the end of the day
(whenever that may be)?

Could you post scans to the files section so we can see the visual
representation of what your numbers suggest?

Thanks,
Todd