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Re: [Digital BW] Glossy printing with Eboni -- who needs a 4000?

2004-01-19 by bobphoto

Is this going to work on an 1160?

What happened to metamerism and mirror effect?

Does the process include spraying with Premier?
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Paul Roark 
  To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Monday, January 19, 2004 12:24 AM
  Subject: RE: [Digital BW] Glossy printing with Eboni -- who needs a 4000?


  I tried this UT2 & Eboni (or maybe no) black printing with Epson Premium
  Glossy and Epson Glossy Photo Paper.  The dmax is lower than with Ilford or
  Photo K, but still very good.  Premium Glossy hits 2.18, and cheap Glossy
  Photo paper hits 1.91.

  While the Glossy Photo Paper sounds low compared to other RC dmax numbers
  we've been throwing around lately, it looks absolutely black.  I don't think
  anyone would see any difference between this and the best.  I think part of
  it is that the black is cold.  I've noticed, for example, that the
  relatively cooler Eboni looks darker than the warmer Epson UC Matte black,
  even though my densitometer says the Epson matte black is a bit darker.

  All of the above seem to give the best dmax with the sepia toner pulled out
  completely.  I'm not sure how much if any Eboni the printer is putting in
  the mix.  The darkness of the UT2 cold ink is probably a major part of why
  this is working so well.

  I must say that with UT2 and when curves are used, I think we now have a
  system that will print great on matte or glossy without changing the black
  ink.

  Paul
  www.PaulRoark.com 
  _______________________


  From: Paul Roark [mailto:paul.roark@...] 
  ...
  More good news -- writing curves for Eboni-glossy printing was easy for
  Ilford Pearl.  There is a cross-over in the sepia print, but it is so far
  into the black that I can't see it.  Specifically, the 90% patch is 14 units
  warm, the 95% is 4 units warm, and the 100% (at 2.29) is 9 units cool.

  Paul
  www.PaulRoark.com 
  _____________________________________

  -----Original Message-----
  From: Paul Roark [mailto:paul.roark@...] 
  Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2004 7:00 PM
  ...

  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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