Digital BW, The Print

Hmm, I'll bet ALL commercial print houses are climate controlled.

Why doesn't Lyson change THEIR ink to last like Epson's?  It's all
rhetorical.  If it all worked out of the box without need help, this list
might go away.  THEN who would we talk to <GGG>?

Seth


==-----Original Message-----
==From: joelpickford [mailto:joelpickford@...] 
==
==Cone and MIS have the right idea about creating quad, hex or 
==septone prints with carbon pigment inks, but they cannot get 
==the manufacturing of those inks right at all.  There is no 
==reason that a serious, high-production printmaker should have 
==to battle constant clogging, run humidifiers, do rain dances 
==and cancel important museum shows for the privilege of using 
==their faulty inks.
==
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==
==Lyson also has an excellent concept with their "Daylight 
==Darkroom," a quad set plus low- gamut CMY for variable toning 
==(I used to make Iris prints with Omnitone low-gamut CMYK and 
==it is an excellent solution for variable toning B&W).  
==Unfortunately, Lyson is using inferior dye inks that exhibit 
==metamerism and do poorly in fade tests (I have tested them 
==myself).  Why can't they figure out the obvious: take the 
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==
==Or why doesn't Epson take Lyson's idea and do it with their 
==own pigment inks that do not clog???!!!
==