Digital BW, The Print

Especially when one ink is dye (soluble) and the other is little chunks of
solid pigment.  It's worth having a basic understanding of how a piezo print
head works.

http://www.epson.co.jp/e/technology/sankei_3.htm


> From: Bob Frost <bob@...>
> Reply-To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2006 10:08:31 -0000
> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Re: Problems using Eboni Black only on 1280 for B&W
> prints
> 
> Mark,
> 
> I agee. As the 1280/90 was designed to work with DYE inks, it isn't the
> least bit surprising that it won't work properly with pigment inks, as you
> and others have found out. So many people just seem to think ink is ink!
> 
> It can take years of research to design an ink for a particular
> printer/paper combination, yet Joe Bloggs expects to be able to use a
> totally different ink on a totally different paper without any problems.
> 
> Bob Frost