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Re: [Digital BW] IMPROVING DMAX OF NK7 inks

2007-01-09 by john dean

I'm averaging 1.76 on Photorag with QTR and a 7000 and that's better
than I ever got with Ultrachrome. That's good enough for me. However,
I am very curious as to what the HP Z3100 is going to come up with.

john




> 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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