Digital BW, The Print

>This is an extract from Epson's "Dye" and "Pigment" inks MSDS 
>for the Epson Stylus 1400. Look at the colour coded MSDS statements 
>this is supposed to be a dye ink and the Colourants should 
>completely solubilise in water.

>Pigments and Particles don't dissolve in water. 

>The same thing goes for the Ultra-Chromes in reverse, 

And yet the MSDSs look essentially the same.  They claim UC is completely
soluble. 

>that Ink also contains both dye and Pigments.

That's one of the questions I have.  Does it really contain dyes -- other
than the "dye stacks" that are one characterization of the pigments we use.

> If this is correct then these MSDS's are not truthful - 
> or Epson's advertising is not truthful ...

Yes, that's sort of what I'm getting at. 

>... the EU "Reach Agreement"...
> I posted the web access to the Reach Agreement the other day.

Could you re-post that?  I think I missed it.

As far as I know, the Epson MSDSs are all at
http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/support/Supportmsdsmain.jsp? 

Paul