Digital BW, The Print

Paul - Do you have any density readings for the UC matte black on BC  
Eclipse Satine (with and without your PUR coating)?

Carl
On Wednesday, November 27, 2002, at 02:00  PM, Paul Roark wrote:

>> How rich is the D-Max on a photograph printed from the Epson 2200
>> supposed to be compared to a true photographic print?
>
> I just loaded some UC Matte black into my 1160 for testing.  On EAM it  
> is
> slightly darker (density 1.69) than the MIS VM/FS black (1.6), but not  
> as
> black as a photographic print (1.9 for my silver prints).
>
> However, I then coated the EAM with a #30 rod and polyurethane (acrylic
> would do the same I assume).  Then the DMax hit slightly over 2 --  
> higher
> than my silver prints.
>
> With Legion Photo Matte, the Dmax with UC Mat-K was 1.61 uncoated and
> slightly over 2.3 coated with the #30 rod and PUR -- a serious black.   
> The
> #30 and PUR coating gives the LPM a very "air-dried-silver-print" look.
> (Too bad about all those optical brighteners in LPM.)
>
> Paul
> http://www.PaulRoark.com
>
>
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