Digital BW, The Print

Michael Kravit wrote:
> 
> Perhaps Jerry could start one of his famous window test once he receives the black dye?
> 

He will.

But I wonder if the new epson oem black is the same as the MIS dye
black? They say it is the same. We'll see.

Jerry




> Mike
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Jeff Magidson
>   To: digital bw group
>   Sent: Friday, January 11, 2002 8:26 PM
>   Subject: [Digital BW] MIS Inkset W/ Epson Black
> 
>   Hey Everyone;
> 
>   Following the thread about substituting the MIS VM black with the Epson
>   OEM black I decided to give it a try.
> 
>   I'm printing on a 1280 and I ran a few prints on LPM & EAM. Comparing
>   the same exact file printed with the full MIS VM inkset.
> 
>   The blacks on prints with the Epson OEM black ink are MUCH better and
>   true. The blacks with the pigment inks have always looked a bit
>   transparent to me.
> 
>   About print viewing lighting:
> 
>   One thing I have noticed since I started making prints with pigment
>   inks. They tend to look better under diffused lighting <indirect window
>   light>  than under  Spot / track lights or a desk lamp. To me, this is
>   the exact opposite of every other type of photographic prints I have
>   ever made < b&w silver prints, C-prints, Ciba prints>.  Traditional
>   photographic prints always look more brilliant under gallery type spot
>   lighting. I think the weakness / transparency of the blacks in the
>   pigment prints is the culprit. Using the Epson OEM black seems to solve
>   this problem... but as debated on here... how stable is that black ink?
> 
>   -Jeff
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