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Re: Is MIS's Eboni Black the same as R1800 MK?

2008-05-11 by Greg

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "ferdinand_paris"
<ferdinand_paris@...> wrote:
>
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Bob Marsolais"
> <bob@> wrote:
> >
> > I was told by a vendor of Image Specialist inks that the Eboni Black
> > ink sold by MIS is the same ink as the matte black used in the IS bulk
> > inks for the R800/R1800.  Can anyone confirm or deny this.  Has anyone
> > compared output from the two inks on the same media?
> > 
> > Thanks all!
> 
> I've asked this question before, and got a definite "maybe".  Even
> people who are in the know and who know other people in the know can't
> be sure.
> 
> F_p
>


I would suggest that you simply buy by the Image Specialists part
number http://www.inksupply.com/imagespec.cfm The only problem for
some people is that you need to buy them in ~500ml bottles. I would
suggest the WJ1082 matte black ink. Cross reference to these ink (or
others) on the Image Specialists web site
http://www.image-specialists.com/catalog_pigment_ultra.aspx

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