Re: Update on Robert Krawitz' 4 & 6 colour Epson x70 tests

[Kennedy McEwen <rkm@kennedym.demon.co.uk>]

In article <39D953BA.A94B1BD2@greypaint.com>, J Collins
<greydog@greypaint.com> writes
>No black is not black.  There are many different kinds and most have a color
>cast one direction or another, usually noted as warm or cold etc.  Take a
>look on the internet under "black pigment" or "black dye".  Or go down to an
>art store and look at the different blacks you can get.  So changing the
>black would require a driver change and the addition of colors to offset the
>blacks normal cast and bring it in line with neutral if that is what is
>wanted.
>
I agree with your comments about the coolness or warmness of black inks
and well recall the different hues of black even available in silver
based prints - Agfa Brovira versus Ilfoprint for example.  But, given
the scale of colour change in the x7x black, any of those hues would be
an improvement.  This black ink has gone much more brown than even the
most sepia of prints I have ever seen.

I notice that Bob hasn't put these micrographs on his web page, only the
ones showing the colour ink (or at least I didn't find them), but I am
starting to consider this to be a much more important colour change than
the cyan ink fading - although it is possible that Epson have tried to
use a black dye that faded at the same rate as the other inks.
-- 
Kennedy
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