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Re: [Digital BW] IMPROVING DMAX OF NK7 inks

2007-01-09 by Carl Schofield

I consider the NK7 K borderline acceptable - barely 1.6 dmax on HPR  
and usually only 1.5+.

Carl

On Jan 9, 2007, at 1:37 PM, john dean wrote:

> There is no need to increase the dmax of this inkset if you are making
> good curves. I don't have any problems at all and my clients always
> comment on the nice smooth deep density of the black areas, even when
> they are very large. I would imagine that any black pigment that is
> darker than this K has some dye in it, for better or worse.
>
> john

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