Digital BW, The Print

This could be interesting.  Epson now has a white UltraChrome ink.  See http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/jsp/Pro/SeriesStylusProWT7900/Overview.do

The MSDS doesn't add much in term of what it's made of.  See http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/support/supDetail.jsp?BV_UseBVCookie=yes&oid=154103&infoType=MSDS

Has anyone tried any of this to see what the color(s) are?  It sounds like it simply picks up light from the room and reflects it.  I'm thinking it might be a better way to control too-bright OBA's or give more brightness to natural paper highlights.


Paul
www.PaulRoark.com

Does anyone know how to access the MSDS for Claria inks?

 

Thanks,

Tom 

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This could be interesting. Epson now has a white UltraChrome ink. See
http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/jsp/Pro/SeriesStylusProWT7900/Overview.do

The MSDS doesn't add much in term of what it's made of. See
http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/support/supDetail.jsp?BV_UseBVCookie=yes
<http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/support/supDetail.jsp?BV_UseBVCookie=yes
&oid=154103&infoType=MSDS> &oid=154103&infoType=MSDS

Has anyone tried any of this to see what the color(s) are? It sounds like it
simply picks up light from the room and reflects it. I'm thinking it might
be a better way to control too-bright OBA's or give more brightness to
natural paper highlights.

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com 





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"Tom Maugham" <Thomas@...> wrote:
>
> Does anyone know how to access the MSDS for Claria inks?
> 

Just Google it and go to the Epson support pages.  See http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/support/Supportmsdsmain.jsp

Then scroll down to the 1400, for example. That gets you to http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/support/supDetail.jsp?BV_UseBVCookie=yes&oid=79609&infoType=MSDS for a shorter list of the 1400 MSDSs or to the individual ones.

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com

On 07/05/2012 05:49 PM, Paul wrote:
> This could be interesting. Epson now has a white UltraChrome ink. See
> http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/jsp/Pro/SeriesStylusProWT7900/Overview.do
>
> The MSDS doesn't add much in term of what it's made of. See
> http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/support/supDetail.jsp?BV_UseBVCookie=yes&oid=154103&infoType=MSDS
> <http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/support/supDetail.jsp?BV_UseBVCookie=yes&oid=154103&infoType=MSDS>
>
> Has anyone tried any of this to see what the color(s) are? It sounds
> like it simply picks up light from the room and reflects it. I'm
> thinking it might be a better way to control too-bright OBA's or give
> more brightness to natural paper highlights.
>
> Paul
> www.PaulRoark.com

Paul,

That white ink announcement is more than 2 years old. I have seen prints 
on the Drupa 2010. The particles are hollow and scatter the light, 
similar to foam and dispersions of transparent mediums (milk in a sense) 
that look white. Primary use is for white backgrounds on transparent, 
metallic, colored and dark substrates in graphic designs. It could do 
something with the images on natural papers but I doubt that image look 
will become more than a fashion niche. It will be hard to control in the 
drivers we use for B&W and color, even the alternative drivers like QTR. 
Laying down a full white background first and then the image is a 
possibility but to do it in one print run will be complicated. Then 
there are issues with the particle size:

http://www.epson.co.uk/Explore-Epson/Innovation/Ultrachrome-Ink-Overview/Ultrachrome-HDR-Ink-with-White/1227966491104


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