Digital BW, The Print

How about mixing & matching these blacks with the MIS VM inkset? Must 
the Archival K (or MIS bulk) be substituted with curve adjustments or 
do you have to go with a whole new inkset?

Chris



--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Roark" 
<paul.roark@v...> wrote:
> Jerry,
> 
> >Can the Ultrachrome inks from MIS give as good a black as the 
enhanced
> >generations 4 black?
> 
> Only on RC paper.
> 
> >(I'm looking ahead a bit as to what inks I should
> >get if I get a 2200 Printer.
> 
> The MIS UC clones have some very good points.  Epson Archival black 
gets
> better dmax on RC paper than the MIS Photo black.  I am going to 
use the
> Epson Archival black, and I think MIS will be selling it in bulk.  
They will
> by the 10000 Archival black carts and decant them.  I use the 
Archival K in
> the formulas, so they already have it and know I intend to use it 
until
> something better comes along.
> 
> > what is a High load matte black?
> 
> The big change/advance in the field is not the pigments, but the 
base.  The
> new bases that are available to all -- Epson and MIS -- can hold a 
more
> pigment powder.  For example, Epson Archival K is about 3% pigment.
> PiezoTone Museum K is over 6%.  Epson matte black is even higher.
> 
> The high load means greater gamut and deeper blacks.  For color, 
this means
> a higher-gamut color pigment inkset.  For B&W, this advance means a 
deeper
> black *without* the need for dye.  So, the high load Museum K and 
MIS matte
> black that I'm now testing exceed the dmax of the VM/FS K on EEM, 
even
> though they (allegedly) have no dye and no co-solvent (a source of 
trouble).
> 
> The high load blacks still cannot reach the depth of Media Street's 
Enhanced
> K, however.  But, if longevity is important, then the high load 
blacks are
> definitely the way to go.  For your uses, Gen Enhanced may still be 
the best
> choice.
> 
> >Enhanced gen 4 still the winner of deepest black?
> 
> For a "mostly pigment" ink on matte paper I think Gen Enhanced is 
still the
> winner.  But for those who like RC paper, Ilford Smooth Pearl (a 
nice but
> clearly not matte finish) with Archival K is the champ.
> 
> Paul
> http://www.PaulRoark.com