Digital BW, The Print

----- Original Message -----
From: "Garcia, William" <wpg1@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, September 02, 2002 2:33 PM
Subject: RE: [Digital BW] Media Street Black + FS-N was PiezoTone Selenium
300 Hr Fade test


>
>
> >In the Selenium-PT ink set the black is red/warm and the grays are
> blue/cool
> >so the transition tones tend toward a magenta or eggplant cast. From
Paul's
> >test the grays held up so well I would have to say that the colorant
there
> >is a pigment. On the black I have to wonder. Jon Cone has described the
> >additive to increase the Dmax as "dye stuff" although I believe is
actually
> >a pigment but it is fading as if it were a dye. Whatever it is, it is
dying
> >in Paul's fader in a fashion similar to Gen. black.
>
> >Martin
>
> BTW, I'm getting ready to try the PT black with MIS FS-N inks (CMY) in my
> 1160.  Word from InkjetMall (Chris Cook) is that all versions of
Piezotones
> (WN, Sel, & pending CN) use the same black.  Thinking now that maybe the
Gen
> K is a better match . . . ?
>
William,

Considering that the PT gray inks held up better than the FS-N gray inks in
Paul's last tests and the PT black did much worse than the FS-N black, you
would seem to be headed in the wrong direction. The Gen K sounds like a
better choice for the substitution in the FS-N set.

Martin