Digital BW, The Print

I think Eboni can hold it's own, on average, against the HP dmax 
figures.  Right now Eboni is looking like it'll stay my 100% MK.

The first centrifuge test results of a C6-base-diluted (1:2) HP Z3100 
grey are consistent with it being stable. If anything the top of the 
test tube darkened (the pigs floated upward).  This is consistent 
with the higher water content and lower specific gravity of the HP 
ink.  Specific gravity is easy to adjust -- glycerol is heavy, glycol 
medium, water light.    

My first Iflord Gold Silk HP Grey test print has loads of bronzing, 
and it's a bit cold for me.  HP pigs need a warm carbon toner -- 
that's easy.  LLK &/or LK from UC 7600 or MIS are possible, as is 
dilute UC MK for matte, and probably others. 

Note that Epson gloss optimizer uses lots of glycerol.  So does the 
C6 base.    

We may not make the flowers, but arranging them looks promising. 


Paul
www.PaulRoark.com 







--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Ernst Dinkla 
<edinkla@...> wrote:
>
> Ernst Dinkla wrote:
> 
> > 
> > Black and White mode of the Z3100 driver.
> > On Photorag measured on the QTR 4x21 step target (two extra 
> > sheets of Photorag underneath it) an average D 1.772 - L 13.77
> > On EEM same method  D 1.595 - L 18.10
> 
> 
> Measured the black of several  Z3100 calibration targets 
> lying around here that were made over the past months and 
> for Photorag they all stay above D 1.7.  Another matte 
> coating, Albrecht Dürer equivalent if not the same, was at D 
> 1.75. EEM samples D 1.62 and the same for a dual side coated 
> 190 grams from Magic/Intelicoat.
> 
> 
> -- 
> Met vriendelijke groeten, Ernst
> 
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