Digital BW, The Print

OK, this is a little half-baked, but the bottom line is that I've hit a dmax
of 2.28 on Ilford Galerie Smooth Pearl - with Eboni.  There is not
significant dusting or rub-off.

 

The secret is that the UT2 (and perhaps UT1) inks use a base that is the
glossy binder.  It's not an acrylic coating on the particle.  So, I don't
let Eboni sit there by itself - or barely at all.  So, to the extent there
is Eboni there, it is held by the base that carried the other inks into that
spot.  The best dmax so far is with the yellow position sepia toner pulled
out entirely at the 100% spot.  

 

Whether I can write full curves for this is untested.

 

So, there is more to do here before declaring any kind of victory, but we
may not need to mess with switching blacks any more.  Now that would be
nice.

 

Paul

www.PaulRoark.com <http://www.paulroark.com/>  



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