Digital BW, The Print

Thanks Steve. Let me know if you EVER come up with the holy grail...
Deep blacks, and longevity.

Jerry






"Steven Karafyllakis " wrote:
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Jerry Olson
> <jerryolson@r...> wrote:
> > Sorry Steve, I always forget to say it is MY experience when I
> mention
> 
> Apolgy accepted
> > test results.  North Dakota sun is very
> > different than florida sun. We don't have many pollutants up here.
> In
> > fact our state was mentioned in Newsweek
> > or Time (one of those weeklies) as having the cleanest air of any
> state
> > in the country
> 
> >
> > Also, I see you are working with Paul's warm curves.
> 
> Where did you see that? You've got me confused with the other Steve
> I think. The VMs didn't work well in my 1280 when I tried them six
> months ago. And yes, uprotected in direct sunlight they shifted very
> quickly. I've been coming up with my own dilutions of MIS black and
> clear base, with olny a few drops of blue toner to cool the ink down
> a bit. That holds up better than the VMs, but not well enough that I
> can quit worrying about it. At least that's my current mix, but
> tomorrow I'm following Paul's lead and re-mixing with the Epson
> Archival K.
> I do hope MIS can start selling the Epson K in bulk, that would be
> ideal until something better comes along.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Steve Karafyllakis
> 
> http://www.stevekphoto.com
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