Digital BW, The Print

That sounds good. Seems like that's MUCH better than the HP products.

I'm excited and can't wait for the carts to arrive.

Thanks again Paul,


Scott


-- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Roark" 
<paul.roark@v...> wrote:
> Scott,
> 
> >Are the MIS inks waterproof (resistant, whatever) on a paper such 
as 
> >Epson Premium Lustre, as are the Epson UC inks?
> 
> >I can take an R800 print on EpPrmLstr, hold it under water, rub my 
> >fingers over the paper surface and the inks don't move.
> 
> I don't know if the MIS inks are as waterproof as the R800, but I 
just took
> a test strip of MIS UT ink on Premium Semigloss and put it under 
the faucet.
> There was no apparent running on the ink.  I rubbed the inked parts 
with a
> finger and no smearing appeared.  However, when I rubbed it with a 
paper
> towel to dry it there was a slight amount of smearing.  So, it may 
be that
> it's water proof, but not abrasion proof when wet.
> 
> Paul
> www.PaulRoark.com 
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Roark" 
> <paul.roark@v...> wrote:
> > > HP Premium Plus Photo Glossy, Satin (formerly Matte) and High 
> Gloss.
> > > 
> > > Those will give the longevity that we all desire, especially 
when 
> > > nput behind glass.
> > > 
> > 
> > This caught my eye, and I couldn't resist re-posting part of the 
> fade test I
> > did in March.
> > 
> > After 600 hours in my tester, the 50% patch of the Epson Premium 
> Semigloss
> > printed with neutral MIS UT inks then sprayed with PremierArt 
Print 
> Shield
> > and HP paper printed with their B&W inkset had the following 
> starting and
> > ending spectrophotometer readings:
> > 
> > Prem. SG start: C = .58, M = .57, Y = .58, Visual Density = .58
> > 
> > After 600 Hr:   C = .58, M = .57, Y = .58, Visual Density = .58
> > 
> > 
> > HP start:     C = .80, M = .79, Y = .76, Visual Density = .79
> > 
> > After 600 Hr: C = .78, M = .76, Y = .72, Visual Density = .77
> > 
> > So, while the HP B&W dyes may be very good for dyes, and maybe 
good 
> enough
> > for most uses, I don't think they are equal to the good B&W 
> pigments.  How
> > all this translates into actual fading in display I don't know.  
> However, if
> > one wants the best B&W digital print resistance to fading, I 
think 
> the
> > predominantly carbon pigment systems are still the way to go.
> > 
> > Paul
> > www.PaulRoark.com
> 
> 
> 
> 
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