Digital BW, The Print

On 3/9/03 12:11 PM, "Jerry Olson" <jerryolson@...> wrote:

> Like I say, the museum black is the lightest black of the 3 cone blacks.
> The deepest black is still the
> gen 4 enhanced black. The Eboni black is about the same density as the
> Muesum black, according to some.

With aging the Museum Black or Eboni Black will be the strongest black the
others will loose density and go red...just check Cone's fade data.  The
question is how much aging in real world conditions.  With the Black
Black...it was 6 weeks in low studio light with good dry air for me.  A
friend had Gen Enhanced black loose 0.3 dmax units in about 3 months, once
again in studio light...of course because of all the dye in these inksets
actual fade results will be very sensitive to the paper you use.  The fade
characteristics for Museum and Eboni Black will like be very uniform across
papers.

The Ultrachrome Photo Black (and I presume the new MIS UC photo black) on a
glossy or pearl paper will give you 2.2 dmax with excellent stability...and
let me tell you there is a big difference between 2.2 dmax and the 1.75 that
you will get with Gen Enhanced black and Black Black...it looks like a whole
different print.

Robert