Digital BW, The Print

Greg:
If you are interested, I still have some Ilford dye inks reformulated
for Epson printers available. (5 colors only)

This formulation has been tested by Wilhelm on Ilford swellable
polymer paper to yield 14-18 year life.

When we (Lincoln Inks & Paper) were formulating a 4 tone B&W set, the
blacks seemed bullet proof in south window fade tests we conducted.
Unfortunately, the tone of the B&W varied depending on the paper they
were printed on. 

If you are interested, email me at--
jnolly@...

John Nollendorfs

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Greg"
<dfaprinting@...> wrote:
>
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "robertg491"
> <gemcolour@> wrote:
> >
> > Yes the ink do come from Image
> > and MIS also gets the ink from Image
> > If you looking at costs have you added shipping, Import duty and VAT
> > (BTW)
> > You might finfd out the Gemini is cheaper
> 
> 
> For me in the USA, getting the Image Specialists inks directly from
> MIS or from Ink Republic would be cheaper. I'm still a little angry
> that OCP would not SELL me samples of their inks. Other manufacturers
> are willing to send me inks for free. Makes me think that I don't want
> to help OCP get more business.
> 
> And I definitely want to try and get the longest life out of the
> prints on matte papers and be able to print on several different
> semigloss office type papers and have the prints last. This printer is
> not really for photo use, but what I test here could very well end up
> in my 9500 later if I really like the results. And it could end up in
> many other printers based on my findings, anyone remember the posts I
> made about the Image Specialists Ultra Pro inks, that we later found
> turned into the MIS Pro inks and Ebony black and MIS K4 ink set?
> 
> I should have something that is not yet for sale coming from a
> company, hopefully it will work out well. I spoke to one of the
> engineers/chemists yesterday and he is making arrangements for me to
> get a new dye ink and a new pigment ink for testing. I purchased some
> Merlin Natural paper and one other matte paper from Hawk Mountain
> yesterday for the testing. I'll round up some Blue Wool cards this
> weekend and check out my SpectroLino/Spectroscan to make sure it is
> ready. The Spectrolino/scan lets me do 4x6 test cards and make a real
> 135 patch profile (or maybe a larger 350+ patch target) as well as
> spectral measurements, so it is much better for comparisons (spread
> sheets, graphs, profile gamut plots, etc.). It also takes some of the
> visual ambiguity out of the testing (is it faded or not faded yet???).
> Unfortunately I do not have a "fade chamber" so it will have to be
> hung on the double pane low-e glass windows that I have, hence the
> need for the Blue Wool cards to give me some kind of light dose meter
> level. Through that glass it will not be the most accurate as I doubt
> much UV gets through, but it is what I have for now and is better than
> nothing. Anyone own an Atlas or Q Sun chanmber that I can borrow?
> 
> The Inkrepublic CIS is not yet here! Apparently they are having a hard
> time keeping the parts in stock because they are selling them as
> quickly as they call assemble them.
>