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[Digital BW] Re: I think I want to go back to dye ink.

2007-10-24 by i_3d_c

Well, I'm going to give it a shot. If the black is horrible, I'll put
the Epson dye back in the black slot and use the lyson greys. I *know*
I like the Epson black.

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Carl Schofield
<list@...> wrote:
>
> Unless they have reformulated the black ink, be prepared for purple  
> prints under incandescent lighting and green/blue in daylight.  I  
> think IJC developed some profiles for a Lyson composite black dye ink  
> (CMY) to avoid using the black ink.  I don't know if this has been  
> developed further by Lyson.  Get a sample print and walk it around  
> under different lighting to see if you can tolerate the metamerism.
> 
> On Oct 23, 2007, at 11:40 PM, i_3d_c wrote:
> 
> >
> > I think I'm going to give the Lyson Daylight Darkroom inks a try.
> > Thanks.
> >
> > --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "alistair_owens"
> > <owens@> wrote:
> >>
> >> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "i_3d_c"
> >> <ichristie@> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>  I just wish there were a
> >>> version of this with multi-channel grey inks.
> >>>
> >>
> >> I seem to recall that the Lyson Quad Tone inks were dye based. Lyson
> >> have been through ownership changes and I am not sure what their
> >> current product range is but it may be worth visiting their site  
> >> to see.
> >> regards
> >> Alistair Owens
> >> owens@
> >>
>

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