look in the archives, someone described a while ago that for him yellow
produced a more UV opaque layer than black did.
How opaque it is for UV might be quite different to how it appears to
normal light, and there are additives to block UV to reduce fading in some
colors. I don't remember details since i do not use inkjet printers.
ST
On Sat, 25 Feb 2006 06:02:14 +0100, fenrir_co <
fenrir@...>
wrote:
> You want a printer that uses pigment black, not dye black, which is
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> more transparent. The Epson R series and some Canon and HP
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> Pixma/Photosmart series all use a dye black since pigment ink for
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> lower end printers tends to make very lousy photos. The Epson C/CX
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> series use pigment ink for all four colors, and most Canon and HP
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> Business/Deskjet series have pigment ink. If you do a websearch, or go
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> to a /good/ ink refilling website and look for the refill kits for
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> your model/cartridge #, you can find out what kind of black ink it
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> uses. If the transparency gel coat for ink is 'translucent' and not
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> fully transparent, you may also want to extend the exposure time a
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> little.
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> I have had good results using Xerox /color/ photocopiers in office
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> supply stores with laser transparencies. Regular black/white copiers
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> tend to have lousy resolution and areas where the toner doesn't fill
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> properly. Not too familiar with home lasers. I do suspect a black
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> pigment inkjet with high resolution would be more opaque.
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