Digital BW, The Print

I'd use both Jon. One for the porfolio and one for the sales. You aren't
going to please everybody all of the time! But then, I prefer dyes to pigs
for colour... so maybe I'm just naturally perverse!

Julian

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jon Cone" <piezobw@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2002 3:42 PM
Subject: [Digital BW] Re: PiezoTone Black Fade Test


> 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?
>
>
> --------------------------------
> 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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