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Re: [Digital BW] Jon Cone on the "dyestuff" issue in PiezoTone Black

2002-06-17 by Jerry Olson

That's what I've been wondering too, Jeff. I know Paul is very reliable
and does
his tests accurately. 

I wonder what kind of tests Cone does? He says his inks don't fade. But
he's said that before, and they did. He once said his inks didn't clog.
But they did. Not often, but once in a while. ( I consider a clog as
something that needs more than a routine print head cleaning). Also, a
LOT of clogs turn out to be air in the lines! And I know it matters what
paper you print on when it comes to fading. Maybe Cone never tried his
inks on Epson Matte Papers. There are so many variables. But you must
remember that under NORMAL low light-level viewing, None of the current
inksets and papers do much fading at all. And alsars, so photographic
prints have their fading troubles too.
o remember that the average kodak paper shows fading in just a few ye

> That is what does not add up between the Roark fader test and the Cone
> test. If the Piezotone black warms on its own.. much more then the MIS
> black one the Black only test... how could that be reversed on the full
> quad black image test??
> 
> -Jeff

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