Digital BW, The Print

Robert,

Which coating are you using? Golden?

Also, do you get brush strokes?

Mike

----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Morrison" <rmorrison@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2002 12:38 PM
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Coating revisited


> Just coated some BW prints on Museo and Eclipse last night.  I ran gray
> wedges and black patches just to see where the dmax is at these days.  I
> printed with John Woolf's work flow and Piezo inks.  This yields an
uncoated
> dmax of 1.57 with both Museo and Eclipse.  When the papers are coated the
> dmax goes to 2.05 for Eclipse and 2.10 for Museo.  The Museo prints have a
> high gloss, while the Eclipse prints just have a satin sheen.
>
> In my experience, this dmax is equal to or exceeds pigment prints on gloss
> papers, even when sprayed with Krylon.
>
> For those of you have been experimenting with coatings (Martin)...you owe
it
> to yourself to print on Eclipse and coat.  If you thought the prints that
> you have seen in the past look "plastic"...I think you will really like
> this.
>
> Robert