Digital BW, The Print

Since I've been kind of out of the loop for a while, thought I better ask and see if anyone knows of any new and better spectro's out there. I have an issue where I can not accurately measure an ink because it is more dense than the current stuff will measure with any degree of accuracy. This is less than a LAB L of 1, getting measurements of anywhere between .22L to .37L which all goes to somewhere around a density of 3.0D. Since all my tools only produce enough light to measure 2.5D (so say the specs), I know this can not be entirely correct. Checked it with two different spectros, didn't feel like dragging out the other two for more checking. All this measured with the "black" backgound on my Spectroscan or on the white board for my Pulse. Surprising that even on the white board this stuff is pretty much a black hole.

Anyone have a lab grade spectro that can measure this dark and would be willing to measure a few patches?

And please do not ask about the ink, I can not release details yet. When I can you will have a decent report. Test targets go in the window tomorrow to see what happens. Paper is some sort of Epson that came with my RX680 or a cheapo Kodak glossy so nothing really special.