Digital BW, The Print

We took a decision to seek beta testers for our new graduated black ink
set through this forum, in the belief that we would be tapping-in to a
great deal of expertise.

However, I wasn't prepared for the amount of wholly negative comments
that have appeared since posting my initial request.

Let me answer some of the critics:

We are starting with inks for desktop only, as this is potentially the
biggest sector of the market.

We do not use Wilhelm Imaging Research because, like the majority of
companies engaged in ink manufacture, we believe WIR's methodology is
flawed.  WIR only really has a big following in the USA and amongst
OEM's wanting medals for their inks.

We prefer to use the Printing Industry's Research Association
International (PIRAi), which has been in existence for over forty years.
It certainly isn't on the grounds that we can't afford WIR as one of
your contributors has suggested.  Using PIRAi isn't exactly a cheap
option - just a more credible one.

I trust that vast majority of contributors to this forum will excuse
Image Alchemy if it doesn't submit inks for beta testing to those
individuals who have made such negative comments ahead of the release of
the inks, or to it's competitors.

Paul Banks
Image Alchemy Ltd
www.image-alchemy.com
www.image-alchemy.de