Digital BW, The Print

Hi Paul,

I'm following this thread on the new ink forumulation with great 
interest. You've addressed bronzing in relation to these new inks and 
I'm wondering if you would also comment on any improvement with 
respect to gloss differential?

Thanks very much, Paul.

Richard

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Roark" 
<paul.roark@v...> wrote:
> Ernst,
> 
> > ... The media must have been changed to get better gloss
> > printing.
> 
> It's a new base.
> 
> >  Was there a change needed in the driver settings or did the
> > ink behave on matte papers like the existing inks do?
> 
> That is the bad news.  I'm going to have to re-formulate the inks 
to get the
> same densities if what they sent to me was properly mixed.  I'll be 
getting
> raw materials to test soon.  At that point it may be time for MIS 
to learn
> how to reverse-engineer its own inks.  I'll do some of the most 
important
> inks, but the older ones may be MIS's problem.  My interest (after 
getting a
> show hung August 1) is to move forward with the next generation ink 
for my
> 7600, not re-doing all the old inks.
> 
> > Dmax drop after drying more or less than what we have now?
> 
> Eboni won't be affected.  I have not seen the new PK.
> 
> Paul
> www.PaulRoark.com