Digital BW, The Print

Nicely said Mr. Boley.
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Bruce Watson


Tyler Boley wrote:
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "john dean"
> <deanwork2003@...> wrote:
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>> Mixing color inks in dots on the paper, where different amounts of them are appearing in differnt places across the file, is NOT the same as printing out of one consistent hue ink formulation and they would not fade shift at the same rate in the same zones of the print becaue the color inks would be spread out differently for different tonal values. That's common sense.
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> additionally, the only published 3rd party tests we've seen in recent
> years bears this out. All of Cone's Piezotone inksets and ink positions outperformed each and every ink/position of the Epson UCK2s. Unfortunately we have no comparative independent tests of the newer Cone sets, other mono ink sets, or UCK3 comparisons, Canon or HP. Nonetheless it's useful to note that not only did these purportedly inferior "blended" ink sets leave the color inks in the dust, the UCK2s faded at such unequal rates that any neutral build from them would change color far faster than what might be considered unacceptable density change. Also, all of the Piezotone sets with (we assume) color pigment added to adjust hue outperformed the "pure" carbon set.
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> Thankfully, there are more and more out of the box solutions for
> enthusiasts who want to be able to print all photography from the same printer, easily. Certainly there is a need for that for all kinds of reasons, and the prints will probably have reasonable longevity.
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> While that front evolves, the state of the art for those whose
> concerns are for primarily for uncompromising monochromatic
> photographic printing and all it traditionally entails continues to
> also evolve, and remains far out in front in addressing those concerns.
> Tyler
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