Digital BW, The Print

Sunday, September 1, 2002, 11:58:44 PM, Robert Morrison wrote:

RM> It stinks with the quad pigment blacks...poor rub off and soft image...this
RM> is a made for dye paper.  The gallerie smooth pearl has similar
RM> problems...but works with epson pigments.  The best E surface papers out
RM> there for BW quad are Bightcube Semi-Matte and Generations Prophoto
RM> lustre...but both need to be sprayed.

RM> Robert


Robert,

I've read similar reports as you describe but I went ahead anyway
tonight and tried printing on Ilford Gallerie Classic Pearl (inkjet
paper) with my 1160 and MIS FS-N and they look great! There's a small
bit of what looks like bleeding on the edges of the image, which would
have me thinking the rest would be similarly bleeding and result in a
soft image, but it has not significantly. Let me put it this way: if
the print on EAM represented sharpness on a scale at 100, the
sharpness of the same print on the Pearl is 90. I'd say it has held
it's sharpness quite well when compared to the same image printed on
EAM as you must hold them very close and side by side to see any real
difference. The blacks are not as black as with EAM but still quite
nice.

I'll let them "cure" overnight and see what I find in the morning. But
so far am very pleased: a semi-matte, pearl finish for my quadtones
prints.

Best regards,
 Richard  

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