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How neutral are the black & white prints from the UltraChrome inkset?

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How neutral are the black & white prints from the UltraChrome inkset?

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I just returned from Epson dealer training on the 7600/9600 printers. One of the interesting items we saw there were a couple of B/W prints on Epson’s new Somerset Velvet 505gsm fine art paper. Talk about neutral. They were gorgeous! Both were printed with the UltraChrome pigmented inkset, using all 7 inks. We also saw a video click interview with Mac Holbert, master printer for Nash Editions in Manhattan Beach. Holbert said that his 9600 gave him “beautiful black and white right out of the box.” He felt the 9600 prints were “good enough to sell as B/W”, and that he had yet to meet a customer that was unhappy with the B/W output of the 9600. (Keep in mind that the 7600’s output is identical to the 9600 — just 24″ wide, and $2000 less.) • Q: Why are you rating the new UltraChrome pigmented inks only 80 – 100 years with fine art papers (compared to the 100 – 200 years rating of previous Epson pigmented inks)? Are these new pigment inks that much different than the pigmented inks in the

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