Digital BW, The Print

> From: Antara Scales [mailto:antaras@...]
>
> I am comparing BO to the black I get with Ultrachrome using
> OPM. Both are on matte paper, EAM and German Etch.
> The lack of black has nothing to do with the paper. So what am I
> doing wrong, since Clayton and others say you can get black
> using BO?

It's possible that OPM lays down max black ink plus all the colors. I know
that the standard Epson driver manages to print a tad darker in color mode
than in BO mode (at least with Photo Black on Premium Luster), but it takes
a colorimeter to tell the difference. But I wouldn't call the BO black
remotely "gray" on that paper.

The only thing I can think of is that you've got a bad batch of black, which
OPM manages to hide under the color ink. I've gotten bad ink before, on a
different printer.

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Ciao,               Paul D. DeRocco
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