Digital BW, The Print

I want to get a boost in DMax from dye inks with the Piezo's dot-less 
hightlights. I'm thinking of mixing a home-brew, "enhanced" black 
using  pigment blacks and dye blacks. I have a bunch of various MIS 
inks to mess with.  Any suggestions?  The dye is not as permanent  as 
the pigment but will be fine for mounted, framed prints.  

thanks,

AZ

Alan,

>I want to get a boost in DMax from dye inks with the Piezo's dot-less
>hightlights. I'm thinking of mixing a home-brew, "enhanced" black
>using  pigment blacks and dye blacks. I have a bunch of various MIS
>inks to mess with.  Any suggestions?

Don't mix dye with Eboni.

I have not done much with making an enhanced K.  Media Street's Enhanced
black is apparently 25% dye.  There is some dye in the old VM-K and
PiezoBW-K.  I'm not sure I've ever seen anything official, but 8% rings a
bell for some reason.

>  The dye is not as permanent  as
>the pigment but will be fine for mounted, framed prints.

For a little while ..., but it will turn brown and fade even in indoor
displays.  Remember the experiences with the original PiezoTone black.  It's
surprising how fast these things turn in some display locations.

Paul
http://www.PaulRoark.com

* -----Original Message-----
* From: Alan Zinn [mailto:AZinn@...] 
* Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2003 7:55 AM
* To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
* Subject: [Digital BW] mixology?
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* I want to get a boost in DMax from dye inks with the Piezo's dot-less 
* hightlights. I'm thinking of mixing a home-brew, "enhanced" black 
* using  pigment blacks and dye blacks. I have a bunch of various MIS 
* inks to mess with.  Any suggestions?  The dye is not as permanent  as 
* the pigment but will be fine for mounted, framed prints.  
* 
Alan,

It may fade much quicker than you expect but you can buy pigment/dye black
inks ready mixed. Try the Generations 4 black or the PiezoTone "Black
Black". I believe the Gen4 might hold up a bit better for you. Jerry Olson
was a big fan. If neither of these are dark enough they could be used as a
starting point to add even more dye.

Martin Wesley
http://www.carolyn.cc/Guests/MartinWesley/pages/MW_01.html
http://www.borderless-photos.de/guests.html