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Re: [Digital BW] BO Matermerism!

2003-02-13 by Jerry Olson

Yes. Epson Black has terrible metamerism.  Get the Enhanced Generations
4 Black from Media street. A beautiful black tone, and practically no
metamerism. 

Jerry



Ed Mathews wrote:
> 
> Well now, this sucks.  I just got my 1280.  I must sat the quality of
> the prints are much better than they were with my old 740, and the BO
> printing is very acceptable, yielding barely visible dots on matte paper
> and almost dot-free prints on premium glossy.  HOWEVER, using black
> only, the prints have a decidedly greenish cast under daylight.  This is
> with the standard Epson cartridge.  In my old 740 I used 3'rd party
> cheap ink, but at least the black only prints were neutral.  Has anyone
> ever seen this with just black ink?
> 
> Thanks,
> Ed
> http://lightandsilver.com
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