Digital BW, The Print

Me too! I'll post my impressions when they arrive. Another HUGE advantage
over IJM for outside US customers is that they give you a choice of shipping
methods, one of which is good 'ol airmail - so a good chance of no taxes.

Julian

Julian
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alessandro Pardi" <alessandro.pardi@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, November 05, 2001 5:58 PM
Subject: RE: [Digital BW] Quad Ink Densities


Paul,

I suppose that MIS Full Spectrum quads densities are very similar - if not
equal - to Piezo, given that these inks are also known as "Cone clone". Am I
right? I have a set on its way to my eager hands, and I was planning to
measure densities as well, but if you already did it I'd definitely trust
your results rather than mine.

Alessandro Pardi

-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Roark [mailto:paul.roark@...]
Sent: gioved\ufffd 1 novembre 2001 22.07
To: DigitalB&WPrint
Subject: [Digital BW] Quad Ink Densities



To judge ink densities, I print the 21-step test file using what I call my
"Color Test" curve.  (The driver settings I use for this include Matte HW
paper type and No Color Adjustment.) This basically pumps out 100% of each
ink at a different part of the test strip.  Then I scan the test strip and
do a levels on it.  So, black is 100% and white is 0% when measured with the
eyedropper in Photoshop (if the image is in grayscale mode).

Scanner settings, etc. can affect results, so I use the tool just to compare
inks -- and mix new brews.

Piezo gives results as follows: K = 100, C = 84, M = 38, Y = 27%.

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