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RE: [Digital BW] MIS vs. Piezotone Inks

2003-04-17 by Paul Roark

Jim,

>...
>I tried a set of MIS VM carts which gave good results
>but not as good as the Piezotone
>warm neutral with black-black. ...
>The MIS prints were flatter and didn't have as much
>snap in the dark tones as the Piezotone.
>...

The deeper "black-black" will always look better -- for a few months.  But
that is like comparing a dye black to a pigment black.  If you use the Gen 4
Enhanced black with the MIS inks, they too would have more snap.  It's a
trade off between deepness of black and longevity/lightfastness.

Paul
http://www.PaulRoark.com

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