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RE: [Digital BW] Re: HP Photosmart Pro B9180 metamerism

2006-09-14 by Paul Roark

>So, like some other printers, though not all, HP color pigment b&w
>prints will suffer from metamerism.

>Well, there may be a real opportunity here for a grayscale inket
>support like those from MIS.

There is some murmuring that the thermal heads are still more limited in
their viscosity than the Epson piezo heads.  I'd guess the third party
suppliers are near the front of the line to get their hands on these
printers and measure the inks.

The competition is great.  I'm waiting for them to combine the ABW and RGB
modes so that even in RGB the least possible color pigs are used.  Having
two modes looks like a temporary patch or way to work around defects in the
systems.

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com

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