Digital BW, The Print

Hi Paul;

I'm using an R1800 and a couple bigger Epsons (7600, 3800) the two 
older machines have MIS ink in them. While I'm quite happy with my 
results, I'm also eternally curious, so I'm interested, but I'd like 
more info first.  I'm sure all printers on this list knowledgeable 
enough to do meaningful testing for you would.

A) Do you plan to have US distribution? Not much point in trying them 
if I won't use them later due to shipping expenses and delays.

B) Will your US price be competitive with MIS' price?

C) Is it possible to get a gray distribution swatch of some flavor? 
I'd like to see the raw undiluted color and density in each of the 
R1800 inks. 

D) At least 50% of my printing is sepia, and I mean deep sepia, not 
the carbon-ink warmtone. Will these inks produce deep sepia as you 
want us to test them, or will that require a mix of the color set and 
the 'Black Art' set? 


E) You claim a fade resistance of ISO 105 - B02 standard of BWS 7. 
What does that mean in either Wilhelm or real-time years, and where 
can I find more info on the standards?
D) Your DIPS continuous inking system looks clean and well designed 
on the outside, but there are no pix of the head setup; does it use 
dampers or carts? And I assume an auto-reset chip is provided for 
each ink position?
Best Luck at PMA, looking forward to hearing more about this.

Steven Karafyllakis
http://www.stevekphoto.com




--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "failedthespian" 
<failedthespian@...> wrote:
>
> Hi
> 
> Our inks suit both matte and gloss papers.  However, we are looking 
for
> beta testers to provide us with their experience on a variety of
> different media, produced under a variety of different conditions.
> 
> Paul
> 
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "edrudolpho"
> <erudolph@> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Hi Paul....  is your beta inkset designed for matte paper, gloss, 
or
> both?
> >
> > --- In 
DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "failedthespian"
> > failedthespian@ wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi, My name is Paul Banks.  I am the Managing Director of Image
> > > Alchemy Ltd.  www.image-alchemy.com
> > >
> > > We are introducing a new graduated black ink set ("BLACK ART") 
at
> the
> > > end of the month
>