Digital BW, The Print

Thanks, Paul, for information. I've made a few prints with UT inkset 
on my new 1280 -- overall I'm happy with the tonal transitions, the 
shadow and highlight detail, and the general look. What seems to be 
lacking -- and, again, I've only made a few prints, so this is 
provisional judgement -- is a strong, deep black. I got more of one 
with the Generations black that I was using a few months ago. Anyway, 
that lack of black is why I'm interested in exploring the semi-
gloss/semi-matte alternatives. Do the curves you've developed for 
various matte papers (and the Eboni black) require much tweaking to 
get good results with the MIS PK and Epson's semi-gloss/semi-matte 
papers?

Chris Hargens

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Roark" 
<paul.roark@v...> wrote:
> Chris,
> 
> >I've looked on the MIS website and also searched the archives here 
> >but haven't been able to find any information on fading for the 
MIS 
> >PK ink. ...
> 
> I did initial comparative fade testing of the MIS and Epson black 
inks,
> including the PK and Light K from both companies.  The UC and MIS 
PK and LK
> are all comparable and excellent -- better than the Epson Archival 
pigments.
> (Epson Archival black is about like the old FS/VM K -- i.e., a 
different and
> lower league.)  It's the UC color pigs that "weaken" that inkset 
relative to
> the Epson Archival color pigments.
> 
> Paul
> www.PaulRoark.com