Digital BW, The Print

Terry wrote regarding metamerism:

>...
>Paul has mentioned he is working on another toned ink, I wonder if
>that will/could address this?

Meta... what?  (Choke)

Tough issue.

The reason I kept the toner as light as possible -- being just able to hit
neutral at 90% on my 1160 -- was an attempt to hold down the metamerism.

The first "non-warm-shifting" inkset I mixed ended up with a really bad case
of the dreaded "M."  That's why I never let it see the light of day, so to
speak.  The third version is in the fader as we speak.  (So far it has
achieved the lowest fading of any quad I've yet tested and less than half
the warm shift of MIS VM, and it prints with the same curves.)  I'm also
trying to get the materials for some different approaches before anything is
released.

So, metamerism is an issue I'm aware of, but I can't say that I'll be able
to solve it completely and also accomplish the other goals.  A reasonable
compromise of  defects may be the best hope with current materials.

Paul