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Re: new base/new mix .... UT FS/FSN ???

2005-10-15 by kenstrain2000

With apologies to MIS I would like to correct my post which contains
several errors. 

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "kenstrain2000"
<kenstrain2000@y...> wrote:
>
> 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).
I realise I got what I ordered, according to my order history
(although the ink label is a bit ambiguous).
> 
> 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).
True.
>  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
False, my order date was prior to the new base becoming available.


> Anyway if I am right, the new base inks are superb.   
I was wrong, so I have no idea what the new base inks are like. I am
surprised at how good my results are with the old FS-N ones compared
to other's descriptions though. 

Sorry if, through my confusion, I misled.

Ken

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