Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., sdmey4@a... wrote:
A dip and dunk test tells you what happens when you completely soak a piece of paper in ink, all the way through. If the 
conclusions bear resemblence to real world use, it's coincidence. How dark a given black is when closely packed miniscule 
dots of it are lightly put down on paper in such a manner that it stays up in the coating is really is the issue. It's not as much 
fun, but just print the stinkin' patches and compare them.
Steve's 7000 is putting down as black a black as it can do with this ink. A full set of media setting tests were done to confirm. 
There are many things that can effect the results. First, the piezo black being compared is printed with a 3000. The 3000 puts 
down a great dot density, and therefore blacker black. I can easily see the difference between it and the 1160 at 100%K with 
Piezo ink on the same paper.
So to really compare the inks, all things must be equal. Since all of these inks haven't been printed with a 7000 under 
identical circumstances and compared, it's hard to draw conclusions.
The ink might be lighter, the printer might be lighter, or both to a meaningless degree that when combined creates a visual 
difference.
Perhaps this particular ink doesn't doesn't excell on these papers, as Steve has suggested, maybe there is another that will 
perform better with it.
Steve, I'd compare it to a 7000 Piezography ink print on the same paper and driver. Then you'd know.
Tyler