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[Digital BW] Re: A Call for Standards (Permanence/Stability)

2001-10-13 by Sam A. McCandless

Mark Tucker wrote:

>[snip] If I had money on the table (which I do), I'd venture a guess that
>these are the most stable (at least on watercolor paper, which
>seems to rule out Nollendorf's dyes, which work well on those
>Ilford papers):
>
>* Piezo B/W
>* Piezo Color Pigments
>* Epson Pigments in the 10000
>
>Like Tyler says, I think I've gotta stick with color inks, due to the
>nature of my toning. So that rules out PiezoB/W. The pigments in
>the 10000 have supposed "reduced" metamerism. [snip]

Aren't they also supposed to have less in the 5500? And isn't it 
supposed to be due to revisions in the driver? (I thought instead of, 
rather than in addition to, changes in the inks?)

Incidentally, I think it's also been said on the other lists that the 
5500 prints well in BW at 2880 dpi.

Sam

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