Digital BW, The Print

I've had a couple of prints done on Epson Premium Lustre with UC, but this
side of the pond the Ilford really is dirt cheap. people react to the images
without a questions, as photographs, not inkjets. When given the choice,
everyone I've shown identical images to as preferred the Ilford. Behind
glass the artpaper prints loose the feeling of premium quality and suffer
compared to the greater dmax of art prints.

Julian
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Roark" <paul.roark@...>
To: "DigitalB&WPrint" <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2003 7:03 PM
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Paul: Black ink Question


> Jerry wrote:
>
> > I guess I'm with Fred Picker.
> >I can't understand why anybody would want
> > to use that "slimy plastic crap" (Fred's exact words"),
> >referring to RC based papers. ...
>
> Julian wrote:
>
> >For exactly the same reason as you are so careful
> >in your choice of inks - blacks!
> >I'm printing on Ilford pearl and it is great.
> >Atkinson of the famous 'Atkinson profiles' says
> >his viewers prefer it - behind glass it is luscious
> >-go on Jerry try it - you'll love the black!
> >DMaxof 2 - 2.2 anyone??
>
> Ilford Smooth Pearl is about the nicest RC paper I've yet used.  I think
> Atkinson also uses Epson Semi-matte, which appears to only be available in
> rolls.  Have you ever seen any of this paper?
>
> I think I'm probably still a matte type of guy, but I certainly understand
> the appeal of the RC papers.  Until I got used to the matte look when I
> started inkjet printing with pigments, it just looked flat to me. It
didn't
> look like the photographs I was used to.
>
> At any rate, there is no reason we shouldn't have the ability to go with
> either RC or matte paper, as we choose.  From now on, my inksets will
> probably have this capability.
>
> Paul
> http://www.PaulRoark.com
>
>
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