Digital BW, The Print

Jerry I don't need a dip and dunk test the Piezo black is obviously darker 
than MIS black VM-HEX-4-K ON EAM. I just printed a 100% plain black patch 
through the 3000 piezo and the 7000 MIS. Cant be the printers ! they are just 
printing the ink that loaded. 
Could they have loaded the Double density black in the VM-HEX-4-K Bottle? 
I would assume you printed all you inks with a black patch only to make sure 
your workflow wasn't adding any other inks to your black. Heck, print a black 
patch with black ink only selected and see what you get? The Piezo black on 
EAM coudn't be any blacker but blue might make you think so..
Is the VM-HEX-4-K the best balck from MIS?
This is driving me crazy to say the least
Steve M. 
n a message dated 09/03/2001 2:24:24 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
jerryolson@... writes:

<< Steve, I have tried all the inks on most of the papers mentioned on the 
list. Without reservation, the MIS Variable tone Black and the
 Generations black are the deepest blacks of all the inks, both are deeper 
than piezo. I suppose it could be possible you have a bad bottle
 of MIS Black ink. Or maybe I had a bad bottle of Piezo ink. It's certainly 
possible.
 
 Do a Dip and dunk test with 1x5 inch strips of paper. Dunk them in a bottle 
and leave them there a few seconds, and when you take them out,
 lay them on a towel, do NOT leave them in a vertical position.  Then blow on 
them a few seconds.  When they are all dry, take them into a
 bright light. Then you'll know which is the blackest ink. >>