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RE: [Digital BW] Re: Removing color content(was:Wilhelm 2400 data )

2005-07-25 by Paul Roark

> ... Much to Bill Bergh's dismay, the IJM's Carbon
> Sepia inkset, which he designed as supposedly pure carbon, fell
> slightly short of the other sets that do have color pigs mixed into
> them for hue, in their RIT tests. There seemed to be some positive
> symbiotic effect on longevity.
>...

I never understood that either.  With the UT inksets the pure carbon is the
strongest in my fade testing.  Wilhelm also seems to be endorsing the
concept that carbon is the strongest of the pigments (relative to those in
the UC inkset).  That said, the cyan is extremely strong also.

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com

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