Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Paul Roark" 
<paul.roark@v...> wrote:.
> The rod coating that Robert and I are now doing allows one to 
address this.
> With the deeper blacks (density over 2.0) one can increase the 
deep shadow
> contrast and separate the tones, with dramatic visual impact.


Paul,

There is SO much to talk about from what we observed and 
learned this past weekend in New York. I truly wish ALL of you 
could have been there with us, including Carolyn and Tyler, and 
everyone else who contributes valuable information to this list.

In short, I have, in the past, pretty much poo-pooed the quad-ink 
approach. Yet, Thomas Dunn showed some VERY impressive 
prints made with quads and ImagePrint. We disagreed on some 
fine points of his approach, yet we bonded in spirit and if you 
could see his handmade booklets, I'd bet a fifty that you'd be 
impressed with his shadow detail and overall look.

So let me just say that I'm now watching this list more than ever. I 
might even buy another 7000 or something similar and load it up 
with quads. I love to tone, using RGB controls, yet, the quad 
prints were quite striking. They clearly stood on their own.

As far as the coating goes, Robert's test prints impressed me 
very much. My rep FedExed my book to NYC; the book I opened 
up to show I had not seen in months. I saw a great deal of 
scuffing, and also flaking. So, come Monday, when I sober up, 
my new goal is to deal with this flaking issue with PhotoRag, 
either via some type of spray, or Robert's coating, or something. I 
was quite embarrassed by my prints; the FedExing of the book 
just kills it, by the friction of the prints rubbing together. This must 
be dealt with soon; could possibly be another solution in some 
type of binding, to keep them from rubbing against each other. All 
I know is that I have a new paranoia about scuffing and flaking. At 
least with ESFA, Museo, and PhotoRag.

We'll continue the discussion. I'd say, after Friday's meeting, 
you're going to see fresh and new energy on this, and on the 
Epson9000 list. It will be interesting to watch...

-Mark Tucker, http://marktucker.com/