The Lyson inks mentioned in your last paragraph Udo, I guess those are the dye-based, Fotonic inks? May I ask about your favorite papers for them? Thanks. Sam >Sorry to say, > >but I really disagree, I have been testing the Enhanced generations and so >far I'll think that the OEM Epson pigmented inks don't have a smaller gamut >than Generations. The inks from Epson give me absolute top result. >Anybody who see my prints suddenly wonder if this can be done better. >Apart from the metamerism, probably not! Generations is maybe nice and a >lot cheaper to use if you by it in Ltr bottles and I'll think maybe 6 times >cheaper compared with buying OEM Epson cartridges for the Pro 5500 like I >do. > >After having made profiles from both inks with GretagMacbeth Spectrolino / >ProfileMaker Pro / Spectroscan-plateT , I did have a look in the editor >module to see the gamut: Enh.Gen4 nearly exact the same colorgamut as >pigm.Epson both on the same media: Epson watercolour paper, also the same >area in the colourspace. Enh.Gen4 on Crane Museo also nearly the same >result. Interesting is that Enh.Gen.4 on Lyson paper is giving a bigger >colourgamut. The best is Pigmented inks from Epson on Epson Premium Semi >Gloss! It is an expensive option not to refill yourself, but it is giving >me absolute top professional result. > >So who told you that the Enhanced gen.4 colour gamut is bigger than the >pigmented Epson inks, MediaStreet? > >And if you are looking for a wide gamut, why not the Lyson inks. The result >I saw from those inks were really beautifull. And still reasonable >archival as well. > >Regards, > >Udo J. Machiels >Atmos Design >United Kingdom - Turn off HTML mail features. Keep quoted material short. Use accurate subject lines. http://www.leben.com/lists for list instructions.