Re: Inford Ink-Jet Inks

["phillip geller" <filje@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Andy Finney <andy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <infrared@xxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, March 05, 2000 6:12 AM
Subject: Inford Ink-Jet Inks


> Hi,
> 
> I have recently heard from my lab about Ilford producing a 
> 'quadratone' set of inks for monochrome ink-jet reproduction. I 
> believe this is part of a pro inkjet system. This page 
> (http://www.ilford.com/html/us_english/pr/9911_Extreme.html) details 
> some of it.
> 
> What I mean here by quadratone is the use of four different inks with 
> different shades of grey so that a black and white image looks 
> better. This is how it's done in really good books
> 
> I spoke to an Ilford rep - who tried to persuade me to use SFX - but 
> what he said sounds very interesting.
> 
> Although the Ilford system is being designed for labs with expensive 
> large format printers, it seems that they will sell the inks in 
> bottles. Now if we can use this ink in ink-jet refills we might have 
> a way of producing really good black and white inkjet prints of our 
> lovely infrared shots...

My film vendor says Luminos will come out with 6 grey to black inks
for the 6 color epson printers soon. 

Phil

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