Digital BW, The Print

djon43 wrote:

> Some of the "special" inks beloved by the pixel peepers among us
> inherently produce lower Dmax than OEM inks on some of the
> most-favored papers. However, there's not much argument for anything
> other than OEM inks these days, at least with new Epson
> printers...unless you're trying to use one for mass production, where
> lithography would make more sense.

What I recall is that the Epson OEM inks performed best on 
the Epson branded papers and that MIS Eboni did better on 
the plain Hahnemuhle coatings. Right now I get better Dmax 
with the HP Vivera on Photorag than I got with MIS Eboni. 
1.67 versus 1.77 D. The Vivera is neutral while the other 
two were warm, one more than the other. The Vivera should 
deliver an even better Dmax on the HP version of Photorag. 
Lithography in mass production is offset printing, the 
quality isn't comparable to inkjet printing.

-- 
Met vriendelijke groeten, Ernst


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