Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Roark" 
<paul.roark@...> wrote:
>
> I need to modify a previous post.
> 
> Greg previously noted: 
> 
> > ... Walter at Image Specialists ... said to use the 
> > GLOP (WJ824 ...) [as a dilution base] for the 
> > newer inks that Image Specialists produces. ... 
> > Walter is one of the chemists/engineers at Image Specialists.
> 
> I had previously noted that MIS does not sell its new base, the old 
base
> bronzes very badly when used on gloss paper, and my experiments 
with the
> Glop I had on hand produced clogging when used as a dilution base. 
(In fact,
> it appeared to cause more clogging even when used as Glop.)
> 
> Now it appears that the clogging when used as a base may have been 
due to a
> coincidental printer problem, but more importantly, the Glop I had 
appears
> to be an older beta version.  Greg sent me the Glop he had (WJ 824 
from
> Image Specialists, I believe), and that Glop is a very different 
product.
> The older Glop I had was the color of dark beer and did not smell 
like the
> current batch of inks from MIS.  The Glop Greg has looks like light 
beer and
> smells just like the newer MIS inks.  So, I'm not in a position to 
say the
> Walter at IS is not correct.
> 


For those following this thread, here is another place to get the 
Image Specialists inks:

http://www.uink.com/

I sent them an email late last night, and also got a reply late last 
night that follows:

-------------------------------------------------------
Thank you for your inquiry. 
  
WeInk, LLC is not owned by MediaStreet. 
  

WeInk, LLC sold two domain names to MediaStreet, weink.com and 
getinkexpress.com. We have refocused our product lines towards 
wholesale bulk ink and retail wide format printer supplies as well as 
dry ink based printing supplies, bring out of retirement the domain 
name UINK.com.

  

All Endura and Enchrome inks are manufactured by Image Specialists. 
Currently we do not use any other manufacturer for inkjet inks we 
sell other than IS.

  
John Mills - Manager 
1-804-674-6921 
WeInk, LLC Richmond, VA USA 
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The GLOP (Image Specialists WJ824) is currently $144 per US GALLON, I 
didn't check the price for the 500ml bottle, but most of the newer 
pigment inks were $53.00 per 500ml, which is not that far above cost.

It should also be noted again that MIS now lists Image Specialists 
inks for sale by the IS part number, though I have not compared 
prices.

And if anyone feels like getting into a fight, please help me out 
here:
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?
forum=1003&message=20492041 You'll find that the poster oftens spends 
great amounts of energy trying to put down any third party inks, 
especially those from Image Specialists (and indirectly MIS). Many 
people (myself included) have run there own "seat of the pants" fade 
tests and found them to be good enough.