Digital BW, The Print

2.05 DMax on art paper? Wow, I didn't think that possible Paul! Do the blacks have slight sheen to them, or are they perfectly matte? 

John Nollendorfs

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Paul" <roark.paul@...> wrote:
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> I'm profiling Hahnemuhle Photo Rag with the 4000 and the dyes at the moment.  The HPR box had an old test strip from the C88 test of the dyes.  The dmax on the thoroughly dry and cured HPR with Noritsu dye is now 2.05 (Lab L = 8.06).  I always wondered if one could even see the difference between a 1.75 and 2.05 dmax.  Under good lighting I can.
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> Paul
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