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Re: [Digital BW] Ebony Matte Black

2005-11-14 by Walt Mucha

>I missed it somewhere along the line. Why is the Ebony matte
black ink

>that you guys love so much showing better dmax than other
matte back
>pigment inks? Is there some dye in there doing that? I know
it's a bit
>cooler.
>

John
The ebony contains no dyes to the best of my knowledge. Their
universal ink does contain a dye component and is supposed to
be good for 30+ years. The dye component will fade but not the
pigments so I guess it is better than dye only and not as good
as pigments only.



Regards, Walt

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