Digital BW, The Print

Your right. The inkset in question has a  big influence on both the water resistance 
as well as the scuffing situation with Hahnemuhle I imagine. I've had the abrasion 
hassles with Epson Archival, Epson Ultrachrome, Lyson Quads, and Piezzotone. I'd 
love to hear the resulsts of your tests. Unfortunately I don't have a lot of time for 
detailed testing myself these days. It seems never ending doesn't it? But it is not 
fun to have to spray everything.

I am still very curious about the Ebony black when combined with color pigments.
In my 10K I am still researching which inkset to convert it to. Apparently there has 
been  a big problem with leaking 3rd pary carts for this printer. This has stopped me 
in my tracks for the time being. This is one thing I don't need in my life right now. It 
is my impression that Media Street, Lyson, and MIS, all used the same Chinese 
made carts and that there were real quality control issues. It seemed no one else 
was interested in making these carts because of the limited need out there. This 
situation could have changed. I hope so because I really want the Media Street G 
Chromes in this printer and I am not going to cfs.

 Anyone from Media Street out there listening?

At that point I will research which black to use. Like Epson, Media Street now has a 
matte and a photo black for different media. Lyson has a universal black, and I 
assume they all have some dye in them. Don't know the answer to that either. There 
is a hell of a lot that I don't know about all this but Ebony sounds very promising.

John