Piezography Neutral inks print achromatically on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag. It will print warmer or cooler on other media which is warmer or cooler than Hahnemuhle Photo Rag.
The Piezography Neutral ink set was designed to be achromatic to the human visual system when printed on a very specific color of white paper. The paper we designed it on is Hahnemuhle Photo Rag. Innova Photo Smooth Cotton White also has this same tone of white. When viewed under a full spectrum 5000k light source (this is the color of white that a standard human sees as neutral), a photograph on these two papers will appear to be neutral.
Because the inks are neutral, they will pick up the tone of any paper white and shift in that direction. The inks therefore can be made to appear warmer on warmer papers and cooler on cooler papers. A wide range of color tone is possible in this manner. The end result is a perfect marriage of ink and paper. A perfect monotone is produced.
Neutral inks can appear "flatter" to the human perception system because we are not used to looking at neutral grays. There is no darkroom equivalent - yet this remains one of our most popular inks. Neutral inks are now matte and glossy compatible. For matte use with Piezography K7 shade 1 black. For Glossy including baryta use with Piezography MPS shade 1 black and Piezography Gloss Overprint.
Like all Piezography ink sets, this ink is metamerism-free and has an encapsulated pigment particle that is unique amongst all third-party inks and is considered as non-clogging as the OEM. When printing on matte papers, the Neutral K7 Shade 1 black is used. When printing on non-matte papers (including Baryta papers), the MPS Warm Neutral Shade 1 black is used in conjunction with Piezography Gloss Overprint.
This ink set is designed to be used with the Piezography media profiles and QuadTone RIP. Please see the Instructions tab for a full explanation of its use.
You can expect to reach a dMax of 1.65 on matte papers such as JonCone Studio Type2 and Hahnemuhle Photo Rag. When glossy printing according to our directions you can reach dMax levels as high as 2.80. Piezography Glossy produces a finish in which you will not be able to tell where the inks end and the paper begins. When used as directed, it produces a uniform surface without any gloss differential nor bronzing.
The Piezography Neutral ink set is designed to be achromatic to the human visual system when printed on a very specific color of white paper. The paper we designed it on is Hahnemuhle Photo Rag. Innova Photo Smooth Cotton White also has this same tone of white. When viewed under a full spectrum 5000k light source (this is the color of white that a standard human sees as neutral), a photograph on these two papers will appear to be neutral.
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