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Re: [Digital BW] HP Z3100 Vivera Grey in R1800

2008-12-22 by pr_roark

This evidence is probably way too shaky to make any decisions on, but I 
see enough to raise a yellow flag with respect to the HP grey ink. 
First, the bottle that I had some in shows the same magenta stain on 
the sides that I'd expect with a blended carbon-color pigment ink.  
I've never seen this type of stain on a container that had 100% carbon 
ink in it.  Second, in a very rough, quicky fade test the HP grey ink 
sample is the only one that is showing measurable warming so far.  

All I'm suggesting at this point is that the HP grey ink needs serious 
comparative fade testing against our current dedicated B&W approaches, 
and it may be way to early to throw out our current B&W approaches.  HP 
may not be 10 feet tall after all.

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com

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