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Re: [Digital BW] Third party dye inks

2009-02-08 by Richard Smallfield

Hi Greg,
here's the Lyson page for the Quad Black ink:
http://www.lyson.com/photo/product_details.asp?id=3

Is there anyone with experience who can comment on this inkset?

Richard

At 08:45 a.m. Monday 9/02/2009, you wrote:

>Greg wrote:
>> I've been out of the loop for a while, just wondering if there has
>> been any improvement on the dye ink front. 
>
>Wouldn't it be nice to have a monochrome dye ink set? Solve all our 
>problems but one -- longevity. But supposedly you can get a pretty long 
>lived dye -- we should be able to beat the dyes in C prints for example 
>since that technology is so old. It sure would solve the matte / glossy 
>dilemma too -- excellent Dmax on either paper without changing inks. 
>Eliminate the need for GLOP. Improved surface properties like scuff 
>resistance. Less clogging. All that.
>
>So... where *are* the monochrome dye inks? Or the full color dye inks? 
>Should solve the dark gamut width problems too, along with the other 
>advantages listed above.

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