Digital BW, The Print

Steve Kale wrote:
> Firstly, while I'm no expert on these things perhaps I can share a little of
> my understanding of the inks.  There is no "infusion" process associated
> with the inks.  The "infusion" reference, incorrectly applied to these inks
> on occasion, actually applies to the substrate/coating component of Futures'
> business, or as they are now called, I believe, Infu6.  The word "infusion"
> comes from the fact that they hold various patents with respect to infusing
> their ink receptor into the paper manufacturing process - it becomes part of
> the substrate manufacture rather than being "coated" afterwards.  So there
> is no dye impregnated into anything at all.

Good. That's making things much more clear. Then it is 
essentially a dye incorporating a second component to seal the 
bond with the infused paper. Then I hope they get rid of the 
infusion term in their Nanochrome inks advertising on the 
following sites:

http://www.inkvillage.com/

NanoChrome\ufffd inkjet ink with Hybrid Resin Infusion Technology 
result in prints with an exceptionally wide gamut for true 
reproduction of colors that are neutral and therefore true to 
the original image.

http://www.ussublimation.com/Bulk_Printer_Ink_in_Bottles.htm

Same line of text + the line: Tested over 100 yrs fade 
resistance. (I thought they would postpone that claim till 
there were tests done)

Not to mention the text on Futures own webpages:

To take full advantage of the gamut width, brought about by 
the Infu6 Inks and media,

End of quotes.

Or should I interpret it that the inks only deliver that 
quality on the infused papers ?  I would have phrased it in 
another way then.


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           Ernst Dinkla


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