Digital BW, The Print

Alan,

>I want to get a boost in DMax from dye inks with the Piezo's dot-less
>hightlights. I'm thinking of mixing a home-brew, "enhanced" black
>using  pigment blacks and dye blacks. I have a bunch of various MIS
>inks to mess with.  Any suggestions?

Don't mix dye with Eboni.

I have not done much with making an enhanced K.  Media Street's Enhanced
black is apparently 25% dye.  There is some dye in the old VM-K and
PiezoBW-K.  I'm not sure I've ever seen anything official, but 8% rings a
bell for some reason.

>  The dye is not as permanent  as
>the pigment but will be fine for mounted, framed prints.

For a little while ..., but it will turn brown and fade even in indoor
displays.  Remember the experiences with the original PiezoTone black.  It's
surprising how fast these things turn in some display locations.

Paul
http://www.PaulRoark.com