Digital BW, The Print

Yea, I kind of agree with that Mark. He has talked about possibly having some kind of question/answer blog up there as well, when members keep asking the same questions about the figures.  You know, ....what are the trends that are being seen at this juncture or that juncture and what are the real world ramifications to end users of the info as it comes in - those things such as,  are all oba's created equal, are all black and white systems showing the same trends on various media, etc. What products are more appropriate for what  kind of imagery. What inks are producing the most stable reds and yellows, etc , etc. 

This is all very good and I hope we can get a million people to join. He is trying to keep his membership fee low, but that means everyone needs to chip in in whatever way they can.

John


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Mark Savoia <mark@...> wrote:
>
> Mark,
> Might I make a suggestion. I know we are all very technical and scientific on this e-group and you are very technical and scientific about your testing, but reading the results might be a bit confusing or just plain not understandable to the layman. How about a one or two sentence summary at the top of the PDF with your best "down to earth" wording. Perhaps "as of this date I have found the following paper ink combination to be fading fast/slow/not at all" or something like that? Seeing certain numbers going down might be acceptable to some, but others might see it as a big fade issue. I.E... give us your personal feeling.
> 
> Unscientifically,
> Mark
> http://www.stillrivereditions.com
> 
> On Dec 6, 2009, at 12:06 PM, Walker Blackwell wrote:
> 
> > Good work Mark. I became a paying member today. Hopefully everyone  
> > here will do the same.
> > 
> > I would be very interested in seeing data for the Cone Color K3 ink on  
> > Hahn Photo Rag 308 and Museo Portfolio Rag. I can send these samples  
> > from UVM's 4800 printers if others would like to send 4880 and 9880  
> > samples *using the Cone Color K3 vivid. I haven't seen data yet on  
> > these inks and am really needing to before I feel entirely comfortable  
> > with'em.
> > 
> > It was good to see the Piezography Portfolio Black under-printing fade  
> > data up there. That was something I was needing confirmation on.
> > 
> > All the best,
> > Walker
>