Digital BW, The Print

Robert,

>... What was the initial dmax difference for your test strips?

The PiezoTone/Piezo driver 100% black on EAM was 1.73.

The VM/FS-K/Epson driver 100% black on EAM was 1.67.

This is a visible difference but not dramatic.

>It would be great to see a complete test strip faded.
>One of the main advantages of
>the Piezotones, according to Cone, is there lack of color shift and
>non-warming on fade...we won't really get a feel for this
>unless we see the whole ink set.
>I can print out your step wedge if you like.

I have some full-inkset PiezoTone test strips also.  However, I was most
eager to see if Jon had found a new and superior black ink or whether the
new K is just Generations Enhanced black.  We might be able to tell that by
Friday.

The non-warming aspect will be interesting also, however, this is not
something that is new for me.  It'll be curious to see how it compares to
FS-N, which was the first non-warming quad, as far as I know.  Standard FS
does warm, although less and slower than the old Piezo ink.  It may be that
MIS will want a non-warming version of it's standard FS if the PiezoTone is
clearly better.

I'll test the full set as soon as possible.

Paul
http://www.PaulRoark.com

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On 6/10/02 9:09 AM, "Paul Roark" <paul.roark@...> wrote:

> I have a PiezoTone black-ink-only test strip (from Martin) and MIS VM/FS-K
> test strip, both on EAM, in the fader now.  We'll have our first look (one
> hundred hour mark) at how good the new black ink is at the end of this
week.
>
> Paul
> http://www.PaulRoark.com