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Re: [Digital BW] Poor results from MIS EZ warm inks in Epson C86

2006-01-26 by aldurer2004

Paul, pleased to say getting good results now from the EZ warm inks 
on Hahnemühle German Etching. Do you happen to know how difficult it 
is filling the ez carts oneself?  



--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Roark" 
<paul.roark@v...> wrote:
>
> 
> 
> > ... Are you saying that the EZ warm inks,
> > assuming cotton paper, are as archival as ebony black used alone?
> 
> I think it would be close.  I'd rate Eboni only as probably having 
a slight
> edge due to the dots being denser masses of carbon.  In general, 
in denser
> masses of the pigments tend to protect each other from the 
elements (oxygen,
> etc.) better.  
> 
> > ... at A4 maximum size on the c86 I'm not so sure BO suffers 
that much ...
> 
> 
> The best of the C86s can be very good, not doubt about it.  (My 
C86 bands,
> however.) If I could get that quality from my 7500 with Eboni 
only, I might
> use it for my large display prints.
> 
> Paul
> www.PaulRoark.com
>

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