Digital BW, The Print

> From: Paul Roark <paul.roark@...>
> Reply-To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2005 13:43:34 -0800
> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: RE: [Digital BW] On Paul's MIS vs. K3 fade tests . . .
> 
> Steve,
> 
> I've read Voigt's work a couple of times.  What page is the yellow pigment
> fade information on?

Pg 49

> 
> This RIT test for MIS is what most of us have probably seen:
> http://www.inksupply.com/rit.cfm
> 
> My view has been that yellow is weak, but magenta is the real problem.  This
> is, in part, because I need it, as opposed the yellow.

Yes she found the same.
> 
> I think it's generally agreed that the colors are more lightfast than the
> carbon.  In the old MIS test, note that that black ink was probably a
> hybrid.  
> 
> The cyan fade -- or lack of it -- is most impressive in the MIS test.
> 
> As to the light ink fade problem that was much more of a problem with dyes.
> The pigment particles are the same size regardless of dilution.  The
> difference in the pigmented inks is that the dilute inks do not benefit from
> the protection they seem to enjoy when in piles.

Read the conclusion on pg 50.