Digital BW, The Print

Todd,

>...what hue do you expect your non fading inks will turn out?
>Might there be a VM version?

What I'm doing today is making the additive match the neutral base of the
FS-N and VM-sepia.  So, it will be an additive that will not change the
color or density of the neutral cyan ink.  All the other gray inks are
dilutions of this basic cyan -- both for the VM-sepia grays and the FS-N.

The neutral base is my target both because it is incredibly tough as it is
(fades less than any 3rd-party ink I've tested and warm-shifts about half as
fast -- we're in the Epson pigs class now), and because the warming is
primarily a problem with the neutral prints.  As a user goes into the warm
area with the sepia toner, the print will start to warm shift more.
However, it'll be much less of a problem because warm is what the printer
wanted anyway.

I'm also using EAM as the testing paper.  I've found on some papers there is
more warming.  Luckily, what I have not found is any surprises as the
testing has gone further than I've ever tested any other ink.  1000 hours in
my fader is a lot of light, and the test is still going.

Paul
http://www.PaulRoark.com