Paul, I've done a dip 'n dunk test of 4 black inks. I know they'll all more or less work for black and white quad and hextone printing, but can you mix them for color prints too, without screwing up a color profile? I don't think a black ink is actually mixed with the color inks very much, is it? Of the blacks, I've found they rate like this: Do you feel this is accurate? I believe Lyson has the deepest black, but those inks are not compatible with what most on this group are using. Blackest of all : Beta Black, from Generations. Enhanced Black from Generations. Appears to be identical to Beta Black. MIS black: So close to the above 2 you can barely tell it is the tiniest bit lighter. Piezo Black Ink, appears the lightest of the blacks, but it is still quite black. I think I'm really splitting hairs here, and they all are very good. They are so much deeper than the cone Color Piezo ink, I just can't understand why he chose to use such a light black unless it was to eliminate metamerism. Jerry
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Re: [Digital BW] MIS VM and Piezo Questions
2001-08-19 by Jerry Olson
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