Digital BW, The Print

My latest fade test, consistent with others, showed very little affect from
sprays with MIS ink.  

 

However, with the Epson Archival ink UT mix I was playing with the spray
made a big difference.  When the mix (which is made of Epson Archival color,
UC light black, and standard MIS base) was sprayed it was almost as good as
the test's best overall performance - UT2 on Premium Semigloss, unsprayed.
(No measurable visual density loss in about 600 hours.)  Carbon (no
surprise) and DarkSepia (big surprise) UT2 on EEM matched this performance,
but showed a larger tone shift (which is rather insignificant in light of
their warm tones.

 

The only ink in this test series that was not top notch was my experimental
mix of Epson pigs and MIS base.  They may not be compatible.  It's
interesting, however, that the spray brought that combination up to the MIS
UT inks.  Perhaps the MIS base that holds the pigs down is also giving the
particles a thin coating that is protecting them.  It is yellowish, like a
UV coating.

 

Paul

www.PaulRoark.com <http://www.paulroark.com/>  

 

For UT2 information and settings see:

http://home1.gte.net/res09aij/ 



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