Digital BW, The Print

I'm currenly using the MIS FSN-E black but have also used the MIS VM
black. So I can print equivalent prints using BO and hextone. 
Bob Michaels

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, TF <tflash@e...>
wrote:
> on 2/11/03 5:12 PM, Bob_Michaels <Bob@B...> wrote:
> 
> > I'm
> > only trying to understand why my 1280 BO prints look as good as my
> > hextones (Roark & Woolf workflows with appropriate inksets).
> 
> What black ink are you using for BO printing in the 1280? If you are
using
> the stock Epson dye that could be why. You get a better dmax with more
> "transparency" with Epson dye black. The only tradeoff may be,
assuming you
> prefer the tonality of the BO, is lower life expectancy. Of your prints,
> that is.
> 
> Todd