Digital BW, The Print

On 12/12/02 11:31 AM, "Paul Roark" <paul.roark@...> wrote:

> So far the Epson Matte Black is the most lightfast black ink I've tested.  I
> assume the Epson Archival black is better, but I doubt it's enough better to
> warrant its use on matte papers.  Ongoing fade tests will be needed to see
> what black ink is best.  I don't have any of Cone's latest "Archival" black
> ink, but it would be one I'd like to test also.  So far, I've seen no
> reliable data on it.

So you don't trust the RIT test data that cone published?  Admittedly I will
feel better about the fade once we have it in your fader...but I don't see
any reason not to trust the RIT numbers...and they seem pretty clear as
compared to the MIS-FS black...of course he wasn't running Ultrachrome Matte
Black.

Robert