Digital BW, The Print

Jerry,
When I look at the surface of uncoated paper, such as somerset 
velvet, with an 8X agfalupe, I see what I would describe as 'hairs' 
on the surface. These 'hairs' that rise from the surface are almost 
translucent, even tho the paper has been printed on. Maybe they don't 
all absorb ink! Besides the dot gain, this 'veiled' surface may 
reflect the look of softness, also graying. Maybe coatings help to 
smooth away this affect, with glossy paper doing away with it 
completely. 

not science, just a micro-observation,
ken


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., Jerry Olson 
<jerryolson@r...> wrote:
> Ken, To me, if a print doesn't have a satisfying black, it's a 
failure,
> unless it is an obvious high key print. It the deepest black in most
> landscapes is only a dark charcoal gray, it is a failure. There 
seem to
> be several papers capable of making a satisfying black, that are not
> glossy. Most of them have other flaws of some kind. THere seems to 
be no
> perfect paper as yet....