Digital BW, The Print

On 6/25/02 8:27 PM, "Jerry Olson" <jerryolson@...> wrote:

> Which VM ink isn't archival? They sell them as permanent pigment
> archival inks. I suppose the black has a little dye in it to make it
> blacker. 20 years with no fading or changes is good enough for me.  None
> of my vm inks have shown any sign of fading, and I've been using them
> since they came out. They don't turn brown in a south window after
> several months, either. (I use the cold and cool curves).

The VM's are archival in my book...but in my opinion they are not a match
for the Piezotones.  I don't believe that MIS is planning to try to match
the piezotone performance...my understanding is that they believe they
already have to many inks on the market...but of course I could be wrong.


> How much ARE the piezotone inks?

$44/4oz.  He brought his price down by 30%...of course still significantly
more than the MIS inks...its hard to compete against a free R&D department
(wink, wink, Paul).  But as I said in my earlier post...ink is a trival part
of the cost of doing this...unless of course its epson ink!


Robert