Digital BW, The Print

Jon,

Thank you for this information. Is the 2.5 you report for glossy using K only? It does not require composite to hit this number?

OK, now that we know this K works fairly well with matte papers, is there any reason why it cannot be used with a color inkset such as K3 compatible? I would think all of the K3 printers would jump at the chance of using this black ink. If it is compatible with color inks, I might just try it out on my 2400.

Regards.

Shilesh

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Jon Cone" <jon@...> wrote:
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> Depends upon the workflow. If you use a Piezography generated curve for QTR (which I make) - its quite complex and involves several inks...  If you go your own, then its up to how you generate the black.
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> MPS is a gloss compatible 100% pure pigment black - that I can get up to 2.5 on glossy with it and about 1.54 to 1.6 on Photo Rag depending upon Photo Rag batches...
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> NK7 Matte black gets 1.64 to 1.68 on Photo Rag - so you give up about .10
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> regards,
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> Jon Cone
> Piezography
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> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "shileshjani" <janishilesh@> wrote:
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> > Has anybody used this "universal" inkset? I am interested in using the black ink for good Dmax on both matte and glossy papers.
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> > Or is the black ink Dmax generated by composite inks (not K) similar to Paul Roark's numerous approaches?
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