Digital BW, The Print

Hi Jerry:

I tried dozen of settings and .......just don't know
the prints look like drawings. They are plane not dimensional. If I 
compare them to Epson Semi Gloss Photo with only black ink the last 
looks 10000 times better. But sadly even using black ink I get 
Metamerism and the prints shift to green under daylight...but the 
resolution is amazing and the feel....same as a good RC Print. Fiber 
prints are another level. But EAM.....I have to miss something 
because the results are so poor. Mis Inks are neutral under every 
lighting condition but tonal transition is much poorer than on Color 
Life,Glossy or Semi Gloss and they lack depth. 

I hope that Lambda will save me. I was also told to try Fuji 
Frontier. I am looking for a well worked traditional RC print. I 
know that fiber gelatine prints have not been emulated yet by any 
process. I hope some day...

But I guess many of you like the Matte look so finally it's related 
to personal taste. Mine is very far away from Matte papers and MIS.

Thanks for your reply



 


<jerryolson@r...> wrote:
> Cristian,
> 
> I can't imagine what you are doing wrong, buy you must be doing
> something! My EAM paper/ VM inks with Paul's curves are better 
than any
> darkroom prints I've ever made. And I was a custom silver printer 
at the
> University of North Dakota for 31 years. You must have a setting 
wrong somewhere.
> 
> Of Course you cannot compare inkjet papers to fiber based papers. 
Inkjet
> prints are NOT the same. The Paper is not the same.  But that 
doesn't
> mean they aren't great prints! I think they are far better, 
especially
> with all the wonderful papers like Photo Rag, Eclipse Satine, and 
the
> Hahnemuhle line.
> 
> Behind glass, most people cannot tell a high quality inkjet print 
from a
> silver print.
> 
> There is NO inkjet paper that looks exactly like fiber based 
paper. I
> can't understand why, but I've never seen one. 
> 
> Jerry
> 
> cristianbaitg 
> 
> > Now I understand that so many
> > galleries don't want inkjet prints. It's not about longevity, 
it's
> > about quality. Pictures with MIS and EAM are drawings not photos.
> > Under my point of view they are sooooo far away from Fiber based
> > prints.
> >