Digital BW, The Print

I am very excited to hear about this news. So MIS is coming out with 
quadtones for gloss and semigloss papers??? Well I really that a 
great move for them.......






--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Roark" 
<paul.roark@v...> wrote:
> Bill,
> 
> You wrote:
> 
> >... I have had almost no clogging problems in the two years
> >or so that I have used MIS VM and other inks in my 1160 ...
> 
> I think some printers seal their heads better than others.  If 
that head is
> not properly sealed when it is parked, there will be trouble.  
Also, there
> appear to be climate/humidity/elevation variables.
> 
> >... I would give a big thumbs up to the MIS VM ink set
> >and Paul's curves method of making black and white prints.
> 
> I'm glad they are working for you.
> 
> > On the other hand, I have yet to see a glossy paper that
> >accepts pigment inks without problems ...
> 
> The RC (glossy) paper-compatible VM inkset is in my 1160 as I 
write this.
> It runs on the standard VM curves.  Because the base gray ink is a 
hair
> warmer than the base MIS quad ink used in the old vm inkset, the 
standard
> 1160 NC curve prints near dead neutral on most papers.  
Specifically, it's
> 0.01 unit cool on EEM, 0.01 unit warm on PhotoRag, dead neutral on 
Epson
> Photo Paper, and 0.01 unit cool on Premium Luster.  Eclipse Satine 
prints
> cold, but with the Medium Warm curve, it's dead neutral with the 
new VM (my
> formula VM 3.5).
> 
> VM 3.5 has a slight (0.005 - 0.01) magenta bias, avoiding any hint 
of green
> and having that "selenium" look that I and many others prefer.
> 
> The base inks are a combination of MIS UltraChrome clones and 
Epson Archival
> black pigments -- no dyes. I've tested the MIS UC light black that 
is the
> basic ink, and it tests out as good as the UC inks.
> 
> This new VM is an UltraChrome-class inkset that, like the UC 
inkset, will
> print on RC papers if you use an appropriate black.  The Epson 
Archival
> black is the top of the heap, in my view, but MIS has a pure-
pigment UC
> clone Photo black that also works fine and, I assume, will be much 
cheaper.
> 
> I have no idea if or when MIS will mix this ink.  E-mail MIS to 
find out.
> 
> Paul
> http://www.PaulRoark.com