Yup,
I have the refernce prints sitting in a drawer.
--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Walt Mucha"
<wkm@k...> wrote:
>
> Shilesh,
>
> If you have a reference print to compare it to, after 4 weeks you
probably won't need an I1. If you do then that's a good sign.
>
> Walt
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Shilesh Jani [mailto:shileshjani@b...]
> Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2006 03:05 PM
> To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Nanochrome blue
>
> Walt,
>
> I have pure color (K, C, LC, M, LM, and Y) at 25%, 50%, 75%, and
100%
> coverage using QTR on my south facing window in Memphis, TN now
for 2
> weeks. Comparisions are NanoChrome, R220 dye, and 4000 UC on EEM,
> EPG, EPSG, and one Hahnemuhle paper.
>
> I am giving it 4 weeks before I take a peek with an I1.
>
> Shilesh
>
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Walt Mucha"
> <wkm@k...> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Carl
> >
> > What you're seeing is not metamerism. The light temperature of
> halogens and incandescent are a considerably warmer color
temperature
> than daylight and that in effect will neutralise a cool tone
print.
> Put it under plain flouresent light and you'll probably see a
> green/cyan cast. As to Dmax. If these inks last longer than dyes
then
> that's good, if not, it's not all that spectacular. Still waiting
for
> someone to put a color print in their window. I might have to
spring
> for some of these inks myself just to satisfy my morbid
curiosity ;-)
> >
> > Regards, Walt
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Carl Schofield [mailto:scho@m...]
> > Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2006 09:36 AM
> > To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: [Digital BW] Nanochrome blue
> >
> > Today I made some visual comparisons of prints I've made over
the
> > past few days using Nanochrome black ink in an Epson 4000 and
> > printing BO mode, mostly on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag 308 and
> Hahnemuhle
> > Photo Rag Satin. In daylight the prints have a cold blue/black
> > appearance, slightly cooler with the satin compared to regular
> photo
> > rag. Under halogens or normal incandescent lighting the prints
on
> > both papers appear dead neutral. So this cold blue color we
have
> > been discussing with regard to the Nanochrome black inks (K and
> LK)
> > appears to be a metameric phenomenon. This NOT the ugly
> metamerism
> > we have seen before with other inks that changes on the
> magenta/green
> > axis, but rather a cool/neutral shift. Seems like the black
inks
> may
> > have been designed for neutrality under incandescent or halogen
> > lighting. Dmax is just terrific on these matte papers (1.9-2.0).
> >
>
>
>
>
>
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