>>I have been told that black is a memory hog.
>
>Hi Andrew,
>
>As far as compressing images, no color is better than any other
>as far as gobbling up space (or megabytes). Possibly this information
>comes in a roundabout way through the printing process. Here, black is
>definitely a bear to deal with. The reason is that true black is really
>black, cyan, magenta and yellow (typically 100% black ink, 50% cyan,
>40% red and 30% yellow), making it far more costly that simple reds,
>blues or yellows. Printers cringe when they see too many solid blacks.
>But in terms of digital data, a solid color is the simplest to compress, be
>it white, red, blue, black, etc.
>
>Best regards,
>Jim

Black sucks toner too... but it does make the nicest background!
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Regards
Andrew