Digital BW, The Print

john dean wrote:
> 
> Has anyone used Ebony in place of the black pigment in the Epson 10K type machines with 
> a full color set? I am wondering if a better d-max can be created this way, or if that would 
> be a dangerous mix since the Epson pigments are polymer coated and therefore 
> chemically different from Ebony.

Why only changing the black and not the CcMmY inks ?  I'm 
running the MIS7600 inkset with the Eboni black in a 10000CF. 
No problems so far. The Dmax certainly is much better. With 
the Epson driver 1.65 Dmax on German Etching. The gamut of the 
CF Archival inks is another reason to switch.

Epson information gave away that the polymer is an acrylic, 
acrylics are usually quite inert so the encapsulation could be 
barrier enough between the two pigment versions. I don't think 
you will run much risk in the heads of the 10000 either. The 
only other ink that gets in contact with the Black is the 
Magenta, both share the same capping station and wiper. 
Differences between the carriers of the inks may be more 
important in how they behave in the heads and on the paper, 
Paul might know the answer for that.

Ernst