Digital BW, The Print

Sylvain <sylvain@...> wrote:
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> ... Eboni is not designed for such papers. Anyway, I wanted to test.
> My SP1400 is equiped with Eb1400 (5 Eboni + UT14-C on C cart).
> I made the 5 Eboni inks profile and printed a first photo: 
> great result, it's perfect. Lumijet is mandatory, of course!
> Anyway I prefer mate prints.

I played around with Eboni on glossy paper with the 1800 3-MK approach.  See http://www.paulroark.com/BW-Info/R1800-Glossy.pdf  A neutral, 100% carbon glossy print is actually possible.  But it must be sprayed, the "grain" with just MK is a bit courser than I like, and the dilute Eboni is very warm.  So, I didn't think it was a route that many would want to follow.

For me, carbon on cotton (matte) is still the display champ.  On the other hand, I now still like the advanced dyes for the ultra-glossy cards and small, un-glazed prints.  

(Along those lines we need to test whether UV glazing is as effective as sprays with respect to these dyes.  Spraying things with the solvent-based products is not something we or our environment needs.)

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com