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Re: [Digital BW] Re: HP PK BO

2009-02-24 by Bill Morse

Try Provantage for HP inks.

Bill

On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 9:39 AM, Randy Rancier
<randy_rancier2004@...>wrote:

>   Paul, rather than diluting the HP PK with glop as I had discussed with
> you a couple of days
> ago in order to try to reduce the bronzing and gloss differential, I was
> thinking that using
> the other gray inks in the HP Z3100 inkset might work better.
>
> If I was going to try this with just one of the gray inks along with the HP
> PK in the 1400,
> which would you recommend using along with the HP PK; the HP Gray, or the
> HP Light
> Gray? I figured rather than trying to save a few cents per print and save
> the trouble of
> mixing this might be a good alternative. I also thought since this is an
> OEM mix that it
> might do better as far as the bronzing and gloss differential is concerned.
> What are your
> thoughts on this?
>
> I suppose one could use both the HP Gray and Light Gray inks along with the
> HP PK. I
> supposed I could put the light gray ink in the Y position instead of the
> glop if you thought
> I might not need the glop with this approach. But I did noticed that the HP
> Z3100 inkset
> also has a glop included, so the glop might still be required; perhaps it
> is only required
> for the "extra" glossy media. Again, what are your thoughts on this.
>
> Also, are there certain places where you have found the HP inks to be less
> expensive. FYI, I know if you look around on the web for coupon codes HP has
> some usually $10 off per
> $50 order and they deliver overnight for free to boot. i usually break my
> order up into
> smaller lots and use the discount with each of them, which has always
> worked for me.
>
> Thanks,
> Randy
>
>  
>



-- 
Regards,

Bill Morse
Wm. Morse Editions

http://www.MorseEditions.com/


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