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Re: IMPROVING DMAX OF NK7 inks

2007-01-09 by Tyler Boley

1.76 is very good indeed John. I can barely reach 1.6 with the Epson
MK in the 9800. Frustrating, and further reason to use it only for
color or heavily toned mono.
Tyler

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "john dean"
<deanwork2003@...> wrote:
>
> 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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