Digital BW, The Print

I am a bit confused, too.  Has their been a recent change in the MIS 
VM inksets in the last several weeks?  I just purchased a 4oz test 
size for use in my 1160 about a month ago.  Works great for me.  If I 
had one criticism ( we photographers are always very picky) it was I 
would like a little more punch in the blacks, BUT not at the expense 
of the archival life of the inks.  In other words, I don't want dyes 
mixed in that could increase metamerism or decrease life.

Is there a new revised inkset  that I need to know about?

Bill

>Thanks to Paul for all this good news. I wish I was in a position to
>take advantage of all of it. But I think I'd better start with just
>the VM-Sepia-Neutral. And if I understand Paul's first paragraph
>below, which is doubtful, I now can.
>
>If so, for use in a CIS for the 1160, should I order on
><inksupply.com>, quoted here:
>
>>MIS VARIABLE MIX QUADTONE INKSETS - For use with Paul Roark Workflows
>>	VM-QUAD-SET	(4) FOUR OZ BOTTLES - Dark, Med, VM1, Black	$56.00
>
>and substitute the toner they send along with it (in a bottle?) for
>the "Med" bottle?
>
>
>Will I later need, to re-fill the toner bottle:
>
>>INKS FOR CUSTOM TINTING - For those who want to make their own inkset
>>	ESC-BASE-PT	PINT BOTTLE OF BASE STOCK - Clear	$24.00
>
>or is this "base stock" not the same as the "toner" they sell on request?
>
>
>I would call MIS up tomorrow and ask them these questions except that
>when I called Friday to ask about the new Full Spectrum (color, not
>Quadtone) inkset, I got the impression that the person staffing the
>phone might not understand what we're up to. I know I don't!
>
>Thanks.
>
>Sam
>
>
>>  >>BTW, I now have two 1280's, one color and one MIS VM. The 7000 has
>>  >>FS inks. I am looking forward to the Neutral FS offering.
>>
>>  >In the absence of sepia-neutral, I'm leaning toward VM ...
>>
>>I've sent MIS the formula for VM-Sepia-Neutral.  They are selling the toner
>>on request and sending some the toner with the standard MIS VM (medium warm)
>>gray base.
>>
>>I'll have my latest (hopefully final) test mix of the FS-Neutral in the
>>printer today.
>>
>>(The "non-warming" mix is also very close, and I've sent the formula to MIS.
>>I do want to do more testing of that, however, and it may be the MIS is just
>>going to hold off on the neutral until the final non-warming version is
>>done.  The proliferation of inks/inventory is a problem for a small
>>business.)
>>
>>Paul
>>http://www.PaulRoark.com
>
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