Digital BW, The Print

I felt fairly certain, but only 'certain' in that  hazy-memory kind-of way,
that the black ink and the coloured inks were different formulations - that
no one mentioned on the 9000 group.

My recollection was that the logic was - for text type documents the type of
black required is different from the requirements for colour images, so the
driver could avoid use of K in images and only use it for text.

If that is true, this may explain why some people have commented on weak
blacks on certain papers.

Nij

> -----Original Message-----
> From: marktuckerdotcom [mailto:mark@...]
> Sent: 15 January 2002 02:10
> To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Digital BW] Re: 75 Year Quad-Black Dyes
>
>
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "mkravit"
> <michael.kravit@w...> wrote:
> > Wishlist
>
> There is much talk about these new DuraBrites today on the
> Epson9000 list. It appears that they are pigments, and appear to
> be waterproof, yet have a large color gamut. (They are not quads,
> as is your wish, but they certainly, hopefully, could be profiled
> and brought under control).
>
> I have no direct knowledge of this; it seems the inks are only in
> the C80 right now, which I have not seen. But there is a
> buzz about town about them...
>
> Rumored to be used in the new Epson 8000... (?)
>
> -Curious George