Digital BW, The Print

Tony,

You wrote:



>... I am suprised a bit at the extent to which
>the FS inks warmed and faded. I might give the FS inks a miss altogether
>with my testing and just try the FSN and VM inks.

>Do you know if the black in the VM inkset is the same as that for
>the FS and FSN inksets?

The black ink in the FS and VM inksets is the same.  The warming
characteristics of the midtones are quite different among the various MIS
inksets, however.  The FS-N does not warm significantly on EAM.  That ink is
also the base for the vm-sepia inkset.  The standard MIS VM inkset uses the
original MIS quad gray inks and, as such, will warm.  It seems to warm more
when the warm curves are used than when the cool curves are used.  I think
the stability of the cyan pigment is probably behind this.

Paul
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