Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Antonis"
<antonisphoto@y...> wrote:
big snip...

> It may be time to re-
> evaluate the belief that _any_ pigments are absolutely superior to
_any_ dyes. 

I agree, in fact I never quite bought into that. I much prefer dyes
for color, and the original Lyson quads did superbly under Wilhelm.

> Another issue that users will have to decide for themselves is
metamerism. I didn't 
> see any with the sets I looked at but also didn't try all possible
light sources. I found 
> it reasuring that the inksets were not made up of colored dyes mixed
to produce 
> gray. Instead there is basically a warm and a cool gray dye which
when mixed 
> together produce the neutral set.

I hope this is new, the quad sets I used from them long ago had
definite problems, and the hues of their sets were no pleasant, at
least to me, and metamerism was bad. I trust your assesment and assume
they've made some changes.

> Lyson is currently working on how best to take 
> advantage of the 6-, 7- and 8- position printers to offer sets that
can shift from 
> neutral to either warm or cool. 

I hope they don't work too hard, most of us already know how to do
that <G>.

All very exciting Antonis, thanks for the news.
Tyler