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Re: Ink-jet better than wet prints (was Digital stuff)

2003-05-21 by Anthony Atkielski

Stan writes:

> ... another (a 1270) dedicated to black and white
> (loaded with hextone gray inks) for just that
> reason.

Do you need special driver software when you use special inks?  Do B&W inks
cause any problem with clogging?  Are they based on carbon pigments, or
what?

> I don't know whether you would call them "deep,
> rich" or not, but they have been good enough to
> satisfy judges of several competitions ...

Have you compared them to traditional darkroom prints (by expert printers)?
If so, how did they stand up?

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