Digital BW, The Print

Steve,

I've used this technique with both the UT1 and UT2 inksets and an Epson 
1270 printer.  Only the gray inks (and toner inks with UT1) are used, 
but the dmax is more than adequate (1.8 to 2.2, depending on the paper 
used) without using any black ink.  Roy has QTR profiles for RC papers 
that use no black ink on his website.  There is no gloss differential 
and no bronzing on Epson Photo Paper with either the UT1 or UT2 inks.  
I still see very slight bronzing on semigloss and pearl papers with the 
UT2 inks, but not with the UT1 inks.  I haven't tried this yet with the 
2200, but it should work just as well with either the currently 
available UT inks or upcoming UT22 inks.  I would love to see a 
slightly heavier, acid free paper with the same coating as the Epson 
Photo Paper - nice soft gloss without the distracting reflections the 
other RC papers have.

There is some residual gloss differential with Eboni BO on RC papers 
after spraying with PrintShield, but it is only visible if there are 
large areas of 100% black - probably would be a problem with your 
orchids image unless you use a curve adjustment layer to reduce output 
at 100%, but then you would have to sacrifice a little dmax.

Carl

On Friday, February 6, 2004, at 08:12  PM, Steve Kale wrote:

> Hi Carl
>
> You have mentioned this before but can you elaborate.  Which ink set 
> etc?
> Also how do you find the Eboni BO on RC re reflectance?  I just don’t 
> like
> the fact that the RC prints I have done effectively have to be viewed 
> square
> on because the denser black portions reflect light markedly 
> differently from
> the lighter areas.   In the end I keep coming back to my matt prints.
>
> Steve
>
> From: Carl Schofield <scho@...>
> Reply-To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2004 19:56:12 -0500
> To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Epson 2200- need to print black and white..
>
>
>
>   The other non-bronzing alternative that I'm
> now using for RC papers with QTR is no black ink at all.  This way I
> don't have to bother with spraying.  "Plain Jane" Epson Photo Paper
> gives the best performance with the latter technique.
>
> Carl