Digital BW, The Print

Alan,

>The print that turned brown could have been a
>fluke - I'm doing more tests.

They do warm.  Like I said, try the FS-N.  The reduction in warming is
significant.

>I like the EAM papers for my work because of the smooth finish and as far
as
>I'm concerned the blacks are fine for most images.

I agree.  The only papers I've tested that has better blacks are the
Hahnemuhle papers.  They may have faster dark tone fading, however, so I'm
not sure which would be better after extended display.

>BTW I fooled around with doing double hit blacks by shoving Threshold as
>far west as needed and printing that under the main image. A varnish coat -
>if ever available - would work the same way.

I'm fade testing some FS-N on EAM with Lyson Print Guard.  We'll see how
that affects the fading and warming.  I expect it will help.  However, the
blacks with the Print Guard spray were weaker than the un-sprayed print.

Paul