Digital BW, The Print

on 10/15/02 5:28 AM, DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com at
DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com wrote:

> Jon,
> 
> I just want to add that my own window fade test confirmed the fade
> resistance of the Selenium PiezoTone gray inks with values from 0 to 85 dot%
> showing only 0 % to 2% fade which is at the limit of the accuracy of my
> Spectrocam spectrophotometer. There are a couple of odd readings in the data
> which indicate that my instrument is not really up to measuring changes this
> small. For all practical purposes there was no fade in the grays in my test.
> 
> Likewise my test showed the amount of warming in the grays was extreme low
> with the change in C-Y averaging 0.01 unit.
> 
> They are continuing to give me the best prints yet.
> 
> Martin Wesley

Martin,

Honest opinion time. Okay???

A - If we deliver you a black with the same performance as the PiezoTone
grays but with a OD that starts slightly less than current competing black
inks, but does not fade and therefore ends higher than them. Would you use
that black exclusively even though at the onset it was paler than current
blacks?

B - If you knew that even another black was available which was slightly
darker at the onset and yet faded to the lower OD of A, but not as
dramatically as PIezoTone black because the starting OD was less, would you
rather use that because after all it is what everyone has been used to?

C - If you choose B, to what degree are you willing to sacrifice non-fade in
order to have better aesthetics at the onset?


D - Would this not be a great poll?


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may your highlights be dotless
and your tonal scale smooth,


Jon Cone
jon@...
Piezography(tm) brand software and inks
http://www.piezography.com
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