Digital BW, The Print

Hello Paul,

>>...put them on my windowsill ... on June 19th
>I assume these are inside.

Yes.


>That the UC made with color pigs did well is simply inconsistent
with 
>my tests.  

I don't know what to say about that.   I made it with the UC PK on EEM
when I first got the 2200.  It's been on the windowsill with a matt
board strip taped to it ever since and I still can't see any evidence
of fading when I look under the strip.


 
>However, the fact that the #1 test strip, with all the inks in it, 
>did not fade, whereas the toned ones faded much more, seems a bit 
>odd.
> 
>That the sepia faded the fastest is not surprising.  Even with the 
>new inks, if I were not using sepia, I'd replace that with the light 
>carbon ink -- LC in UT7.  One wants the least amount of color in a 
>B&W inkset.  

>The yellow is still in that sepia toner, even though the magenta has 
>been pulled out, replace with a red pigment that appears to be 
>better.

>It's a mystery.

Yes and all a bit confusing.  Three questions:

1) I put a q-tip dab of each ink on a piece of EEM.  Can you tell from
these descriptions whether I have the new or old set?

K - black, obviously is Eboni
LK - dark gray, a tad warmer than K
C - darker than LK but a tad warmer
LC - medium density grayish brown (the warmest except for Y)
M - darker than LK and C, lighter than K, cooler than C
LM - cool medium gray
Y - very warm brown

If I can determine that I have the new inks I'll begin a new test.  If
I have the old ones I'll ask MIS if they'll swap them for new.


2) Can you tell me what inks are now in each of the 7 positions and
what their makeup is ?

3) Is there any information which explains exactly how the three
sliders affect the seven inks?   

Thanks very much.


Regards,
Clayton


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