Digital BW, The Print

I think I can answer part of this question.  At the moment, or at
least in the recent past, the situation seems to be a mess.  I have
some new FS-N inks that are astonishingly good on microceramic gloss
papers.  At the same time I got some PK which is the same old stuff
(not bad but definitely not changed).

It took me a while to figure out that I would get much better results
by leaving the PK aside and filling the black cartridge on my 1270
with the FS-N C ink (measured denser and better gloss).  Given the
timing of my order relative to the early posts here on the subject of
the new bases, my guess is that the FS-N inks were the new base, and
the PK was old base (I bought some old base colour inks at the same
time, so the PK could have been intended to go with those.) 

A better idea would have been to change the names (even stick "new
base" labels on the bottles).  I can't guess why MIS would fail to do
that, it makes no sense to me.

Anyway if I am right, the new base inks are superb.   I have no idea
what happens if someone orders a mix of FS or UT and (say) GP inks
along with a pint of PK - would it be old base to match the GP or new
base to match the FS/UT....

The appearance is sufficiently different that I recalibrated
everything (but this was will FS-N C as the black, anyway). Best
glossy pigment inkjet prints I have seen yet. 

Ken

  


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "evanj1969"
<evanj69@b...> wrote:
>
> I asked the question a few days ago, but received no replies. 
> I'm sorry if this question has been answered, but I can find no
> definitive response in the archives.
> 
> do I understand this correctly, MIS is now shipping/selling a new UT
> mix (FS/FSN/UT2/UT7/EZN) with a different base that has less or almost
> no bronzing?
> 
> if so, would i be correct in assuming they would require no adjustment
> other than what i have already made (in other word, they have the
> same densities as the 1st version of UT FSN)?
> 
> any help is greatly appreciated.
>