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[Digital BW] Re: MIS Inks with Piezo Software

2001-08-17 by mwesley250@earthlink.net

Paul,

If you have any image files to illustrate a post, just send them to 
me or Antonis with an explaination of how you would like them 
described or titled. We can post them in the "Files" section of the 
group homepage.

Martin

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Paul Roark" 
<paul.roark@v...> wrote:
> Bernd wrote:
> 
> >...Paul ... used the classic MIS Quad inkset for comparison.
> 
> 
> Correct.  I have not fade tested the full "Full Spectrum."  They 
are based
> on the same black as the VM black, which is equal to Piezo black -- 
which is
> excellent.  The Piezo problem is the midtones and the dyes that I 
think are
> thrown in.  (Is there a way on this forum to show the image of the 
ink dots
> that show the Piezo magenta blue-green [dye?] fringe?)

Paul,

Send the image files to me or Antonis and we can post them in 
the "Files" section of the group homepage. 

> 
> So, while I have not tested the FS inks, I'd expect them to do very 
well.
> 
> By the way, the FS black is so close to Piezo black, that if one 
sees a
> difference is the blacks, it's probably random or a workflow 
difference.
> The Epson driver produces darker blacks than the Piezo driver (not 
the
> Pro24, though).  That is a visible difference.
> 
> Paul
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Michael J. Kravit"
> <kravit@b...> wrote:
> > Bernd,
> >
> > Paul Roark has done significant amounts of testing with Piezo
> and MIS inks. The rate of fade and the rate of color change in the
> two inksets is slightly different, but from what he says they both
> get to the same end point.
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Michael J. Kravit, AIA

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