Digital BW, The Print

Gen4 and Gen5 blacks both have 25% dye in them and thus fade much more
quickly than the all pigment Ultrachrome and Ultraquad black inks. You get
an additional black bump with the Gen4...but it fades away to a density less
than blacks like the high pigment load Museum Black, Ultrachrome Matte Black
or Ultraquad Eboni Black.

Robert

On 4/22/03 9:46 AM, "Charles Bandes" <byronbulb@...> wrote:

> So I'm curious - 
> 
> I keep hearing about people using the Mediastreet Gen4 black with their VM
> inks in 
> order to get a higher dmax and richer blacks.
> 
> I also keep hearing about how the ultratones require a photo black for glossy
> and a 
> matte black for matte paper. And so I wonder, why not use the MediaStreet Gen5
> black for both? Would it work?
> 
> Is this a stupid suggestion? If so, why? I get pretty good _color_ prints
> using that 
> black ink on both matte and glossy papers...
> 
> 
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