Digital BW, The Print

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From: "Ernst Dinkla" <E.Dinkla@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, December 23, 2002 1:35 PM
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] UltraChrome Photo Black dmax

> One would think that there's no extra pigment needed when dye is already
in
> the mix. If you check the Grey Ultrachrome MSDS you will see stranger
> percentages. The carbon black is <1% but there's <8% proprieatery
> dye/pigment in the mix. The Matte Black has a proprietary dye/pigment as
the
> only colorant at <7%, no carbon black mentioned.

>So I guess the Matt Black
> colorant is mixed into the other two blacks to a degree that makes gloss
> printing still possible.

The last can't be correct. In that case the other black and grey would be as
black on matte paper as the matte black is. There's another extra grey
colorant added to Photo Black and Grey.

Ernst