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Forum  	 Printers and Printing
Subject  	 Beware mislabeled Lyson quad black ink
Posted by  	 steinfella  [CLICK FOR PROFILE]
Date/Time  	 6:42:53 PM, Friday, May 14, 2004 (GMT)
	

A few days ago I posted a message about my problems in printing a
grayscale step wedge with a proper progression of tones with Lyson
quad black inks. On a hunch I dipped strips of paper into each bulk
ink bottle to test their tonality. I found that the "dilute cyan" ink
was much darker than the cyan ink. This also was evident when I
printed a nozzle check page. I called Helix Camera (who sold me the
inks) and they checked their dilute cyan -- it was also darker than
the cyan.

I spoke with Dustin at Photofile, the distributor, and he determined
that my dilute cyan bottle was mislabeled -- it contained "black" ink!
They are going to send me another bottle, this time with the correct
ink in it.

If anyone is having problems with their quad black inks, you might
want to test your inks with paper strips to see whether they might be
mislabeled.

Jim