Digital BW, The Print

There are numerous other black pigments available, a few of which can  
also produce neutral grays. Ink manufacturers are aware of these; if  
they proved superior,there would be inksets using them. Not all  
inksets use carbon black.

C. D. Tobie
WW Product Technology Mngr.
Digital Imaging & Home Theater
DataColor.com
CDTobie@...

On Sep 12, 2008, at 6:23 AM, "handyman856" <avr@...> wrote:

> I just saw an episode on Modern Marvels (awesome show!)about Iron.
>
> In that show, they showed one of the big uses of iron is in the oxide
> form, for pigments.... and that black iron oxide (the black caught my
> attention) is used because of its longevity and blackness, and has
> been used for centuries by artists and is used in to print the black
> in US paper currency. HELLO! Isn't that exactly what is needed for our
> BW printing?  :-)
>
> Just curious - how come we battle trying to make carbon inks look
> black when, apparently, there is a better black available - and
> long-lived too!
>
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