Digital BW, The Print

> From: Martin Sluka [mailto:martinsluka@...]
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> The best inkjet for giclee - IRIS and its clones - produces as large
> as 96 pl dots (firing all 36 possible 3 pl drops in one place).
> 2200/2100 has largest drop only 22 pl - about 4,5 times less. Simple
> if you use only BO 100 % black ink only and if you use 100 of all
> black inks of quadtone system you should receive black with higher
> density in second case. Any black pigment one may use is not 100 %
> black (only black hole does it) --> more black pigment = more black.

But what's the dot resolution of the IRIS? Does it put 96pl of black ink on
1440x2880 dots in a square inch? That would be 32ml of ink to cover an 8x10
image. Something tells me they put out 96pl of ink because they have
somewhat lower resolution. If they're, say, 720x1440, then that would be
roughly equivalent to 22pl drops at 1440x2880.

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Ciao,               Paul D. DeRocco
Paul                mailto:pderocco@...