Digital BW, The Print

Do you have any plans to put any Vick's Mentholatum on the vaporizer during the winter?

(wink)

I think the humidifier is a very good idea...either under the plastic cover or not.  

Steadman
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Mark Tucker 
  To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2001 9:08 AM
  Subject: [Digital BW] Gen 4 longevity (was Re: RGB Workflow)


  --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Sam A. McCandless" 
  <samcc@v...> wrote:
  But I think the history of Wilhelm's tests of Generations 
  > suggests that it's the new, 4th version of the Yellow ink which 
  > accounts for Generations' improved longevity. I.e., that the Beta 
  > Black alone has been just as long-lived since it was 
  introduced, I 
  > think about two years ago?


  After the endless search for the Holy Grail, I think I've found my 
  home. I settled on Generations4. The way I understand it, I 
  ended up with the supposed "new yellow", which they've been 
  selling for a year now, and the "Standard Black", which is all 
  pigment and contains no dye, (different from their "Enhanced 
  Black" which does contain some dye).

  Again, my goal was ultimate longevity, at least with the materials 
  that are available on the market today. 

  And when you match it up with Epson Smooth Fine Art, which is 
  acid-free, and brightener-free, I think it's a good combination.

  I will say, I was very surprised to see the punchiness of the 
  colors. I had expected a noticeable downtown from the dyes that 
  I'd been using, and had read concerns about the punchiness of 
  the black. I'd say on both counts, it looks VERY good. The yellow 
  is more of a "lemon yellow" rather than a "Kodak yellow", but for 
  me, printing limited-gamut B/W, I don't think it's a big deal at all, 
  once it's profiled properly.

  So I'm a happy camper, after sleeping around with every ink 
  company in the universe. I also added a small HomeDepot 
  humidifier underneather the 7000; it runs at night on low, 
  underneather a draped sheet of plastic over the printer.

  -Mark Tucker




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