Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., Jerry Olson
<jerryolson@r...> 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.
> 
> Yah, but it WILL still tell you which is the blackest ink.

Yah, and all the pigeons in your neighborhood have inky lips.
I knew that post would not die a decent death, and this one probably
won't either.
Jerry, my point is-
The only thing that matters is how black the ink prints, with your
printer, on your paper. Period.
Though I'm sure someone out there is selling dip and dunk tests in a
Soho gallery for thousands of dollars.
Tyler