Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Roger Smith 
<rbsmith252@c...> wrote:
> I thought the group should be aware of the great article in Photo 
Techniques
> this month by Tony Martin(President Lyson USA).  He discusses Dye-
Based or
> Pigment-Based inks and debunks some of the myths concerning digital 
inks.
> This article does a great job explaining general ink theory and 
what we can
> expect or not expect from various product designs. Not only would I
> recommend that each person on the list should pick up a copy of the 
current
> (March/April 2004) Photo Techniques and read this article, but you 
may want
> to subscribe.  This publication is one of the very best, full of 
useful
> information with each issue.  I really look forward to it every 
other month.
> Unlike some of their competitor publications they have embraced the 
switch
> to digital with full vigor and use as much space on it as they do 
darkroom
> techniques.  Not bad for a publication that at one time was entirely
> concerned with darkroom technique.  If a person is going to 
subscribe to any
> photo publication today this and LensWork (for their wonderful B&W
> portfolios and interviews) should be on the top of their list!  A 
wealth of
> information and enjoyment.  I have no connection to these magazines 
other
> than I subscribe to both. I hope someone finds this suggestion 
useful.
> Thanks.
> 
> 
> Roger Smith
> E. Lansing, MI 48823--


Roger,

I looked over the Martin article and learned a few things. I have 
some questions though. He says that dye printers should be used with 
dye inks and pigment printers with pigment inks. That leaves the 
choices pretty slim doesn't it? And many of us have been using all 
the Epson printers for pigment inks after some struggle. What Epson 
printers are exclusively for pigment ink? 

From what he says about keeping properties I concluded that there are 
too many variables to have decent data. In other words "pigment inks 
on rag paper" should mean nothing to a buyer as far as 
archivability.  That's no doubt why we seldom see anything but silver 
prints in galleries. 

AZ
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