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Re: [Digital BW] Re: Best MIS Black?

2001-09-03 by Siobhan McClory

Piezo with Torchon.  Siobhan

Jerry Olson wrote:

> AAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrghaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
>
> rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
> GHHHHhhhhhhhhh!
>
> To all on the list:
>
> Please do me a favor.
>
> Name the Paper and ink you have used to get the deepest blacks you
> have ever seen from an inkjet printer.
>
> That's it.
>
> Just ONE Paper name ...
>
> and ONE inkset, containing that black.  Nothing more. no comparisons.
> no details!
>
> Thanks.
>
> Jerry
>
> >
> > 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.
>
> >
> >
> > Snippity snip....
>
>
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