Digital BW, The Print

I have never gotten a mislabled bottle of ink from MIS, however I do 
always check.  I have had no problem visually checking the relative 
ink densities of MIS FS and FSE ink sets by dipping a cotton q-tip in 
the ink bottle and lightly and quickly *painting* an ink patch on my 
paper stock (EAM/EHM).  You do need to let the patches completely dry 
and settle in before making a final check. I usually wait over night 
or at least an hour or two if dried with an incandesant lamp.

For FS (Piezo/Epson quad and Piezo hex) the darkest to lightest 
should be K, C, M, Y as 
they come from MIS.  These are easy to distinguish.

For FSE (Epson hex) the darkest to lightest should be K, C, Pc, M, Y, 
Pm as 
they come from MIS.  The Pc, M, Y, and Pm are close in density, but 
can be distinguished if you look carefully.

Jeff Randall



--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Paul Roark" 
<paul.roark@v...> wrote:
> >I just did a quick test by dipping strips into each 4oz bottle of a
> >quad VM set prior to committing to a CIS.
> 
> I think it is difficult to tell the dark inks apart with this type 
of test.
> It takes a more refined method than just dipping a piece of paper 
in the
> ink.
> 
> >It looks like the K position is a little warm, whereas the C 
position
> >is a blacker black.
> 
> I would think it is unlikely MIS would mis-label the black ink.  Do 
a smell
> test.  The black ink will have a stronger solvent smell than the 
cyan ink.
> 
> >  Y is obviously the blue toning ink.
> 
> Correct for quad inksets, but hextone vm inksets use the magenta 
position
> for the toner.
> 
> Paul
> http://www.PaulRoark.com