Digital BW, The Print

> 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  
> 
I've found that the Ilford Gallerie Classic Pearl paper smudges when used
with Epson inks on my 810 (820 in the US), even after allowing them to dry
for several weeks. However, the newer Ilford papers work well.

Darren.
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