Digital BW, The Print

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> I still wonder why they didn't introduce that for paper. Ilford has/had
> something in the pipeline but I can't find it anymore on their site. Could
> be a patent issue. On Thursday I will be on the Fotokina and try to get an
> answer there.

Been on the Ilford Fotokina stand. A Belgian representative of Ilford said
that the heat curable coating that seals prints was still in development. He
had hoped it would have been on the Fotokina. The unit that seals the print
is however in line with the printer and not a separate unit. As Ilford now
seems to switch from rebranded Encads with Ilford inks to Epsons 9600 + 7600
+ Ultrachrome bundled with appropriate RIPs for photo shops etc I wonder
whether there is a need for an extra coating for their market. 75+ years
fade resistance for Epson Ultrachrome was to be seen all over the place on
the Fotokina.

When asked about their line of quad inks the Ilford man wasn't sure they
will continue the Monokrome pigment set they deliver for Encads etc. The
market was very small for it. In view of the Epson x600 line they sell now
that step is understandable.

The First vinyl foil manufactuers were at the Roland stand. They see no
market for a heat curable coating on paper similar to the vinyl they
produce.

On the Mitsubishi HiTec Paper stand a paper print was shown that was
constantly in a stream of water, no change in the image was visible. The
paper is called Jetscript, I have to check what it is exactly.

Seen a lot of nice B&W 9600 and 7600 prints, the only quads and small gamut
prints I have seen were at the Lyson stand. They were not nice at all if
compared to the Ultrachrome B&W prints.

Ernst