Digital BW, The Print

actually with regard to the Piezotone sets this is incorrect. The
Piezotone sets outlasted the UC inks in published longevity tests.
Also, the carbon only idea seems to be a myth as well, the "tinted"
Piezotone sets outperformed the pure carbon set, which also
outperformed the UCs.
Tyler


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, CDTobie@... wrote:
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> In a message dated 1/18/07 5:35:18 PM, bwyg@... writes:
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> > I don't know if we should worry. All I know is that I *do* worry. This
> > is one of the reasons why I print B&W with PiezoTones.
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> And where do those tints in tinted inksets come from? From color
pigments in 
> the inks. Whether you apply them in the ink with a fixed inkset, or
apply them 
> from tinting carts in a variable inkset, or straight to the paper from 
> seperate full color carts in a color inkset, they are still color
pigments. 
> Neutral-only inksets (or carbon-only) are the only ones that avoid
this, and by 
> avoiding it, they are limited pretty much to a single tone, and
whatever tint that 
> tone produces on a given paper.
> 
> C. David Tobie
> Product Technology Manager
> ColorVision Business Division
> DataColor Inc.
> CDTobie@...
> www.colorvision.com
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