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Re: [DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint] Spectratone Quadtone inks

2001-07-31 by Julian Thomas

Ron,
You are right, you really need to spray the Ultima. The blacks go very deep
and there is no bronzing. But it is a pain!

Julian
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Landucci" <ron@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, July 30, 2001 11:50 PM
Subject: RE: [DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint] Spectratone Quadtone inks


> Julian,
>
> Yes I did try the Ultima Satin with Cone's inks but don't recall the
blacks
> being as rich as the Ilford sample.  I also didn't like the bronzing and
> didn't want to mess with spraying the inks to fix them.  I'll print out a
> gray scale on the Ultima Satin and measure the density of the black just
for
> comparison.
>
> Ron
>    >  Don't forget that the glossy will always give better blacks. Have
you
> tried
>    >  Ultima Satin with the Cone inks? Again, just like an RC glossy
print.
>
>   >  Julian
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