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Re: [Digital BW] MIS VM and Piezo Questions

2001-08-19 by Jerry Olson

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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