Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Sam A. McCandless" 
<samcc@v...> wrote:
> Not to criticize Mark's choice, but apparently neither is the 
> Enhanced (nee "Beta") Black going to fade in 20 or so years - 
or even 
> in 100 - at least not in the company of the other three 
Generations 
> inks (as long as the yellow is the new yellow) on MediaStreet's 
Royal 
> Plush paper.


Sam,

Thanks for the note. I continue to read about and be curious 
about the Enhanced Black. At some point, if I felt good 
enough about it, I might make the switch to that. I just went 
through a period where I wanted longevity to be the main 
motivating factor; I guess at some point I could begin to work 
backwards, making small sacrifices to improve gamut, while still 
feeling good about longevity.

I am indeed using the "new yellow", which probably *was* the 
Achilles Heel before with their older one, (and supposedly is the 
Achilles Heel of Indelibles as well).

> Such "weakest-link" tests are however more comforting for 
>color prints.

For what it's worth, I'm ONLY printing B/W images, but using 
color inks, due to the fact that I'm toning way further than the 
available gamut of the VM inks. B/W printing is all that interests 
me.

Thanks again,

Mark Tucker