Digital BW, The Print

Helene,

I liked the appearance of the surface better after spraying and it 
eliminated some slight bronzing with the PK.

Carl
On Sunday, February 29, 2004, at 11:24  AM, grdglass wrote:

> Carl,
>
> Thanks for the links.
>
> With regard to the Epson PK, I see you sprayed it with PremierArt
> Print Shield also.
>
> Did you spray it because it rubbed off?  To increase dmax?  To reduce
> gloss differential?  Or, just because you liked it better?
>
> Helene
>
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Carl Schofield
> <scho@m...> wrote:
>> Helene,
>>
>> I posted this awhile ago.  Below are scans of prints I made on
> Epson
>> Premium Semigloss with a 2200 and BO printing using both Epson PK
> and
>> Eboni K.  The Eboni prints neutral, but will rub off if not
> sprayed.
>> It will look dull and flat right out of the printer, but after
> spraying
>> looks beautiful with increased dmax.  There will also be some
> slight
>> gloss differential if you have any significant coverage at 100%
> black.
>> The Epson PK produces a very warm tone as you can see from the scan.
>>
>> Carl
>>
>> Eboni on semigloss, sprayed with PremierArt PrintShield
>> http://homepage.mac.com/scho/Eboni.jpg
>>
>> Epson PK on semigloss, sprayed with PremierArt PrintShield
>> http://homepage.mac.com/scho/PK.jpg
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sunday, February 29, 2004, at 08:14  AM, grdglass@a... wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Clayton,
>>>
>>> I played around with BO on Ultrasmooth/PremierArt.  I had no
> contrast
>>> problems, perhaps because of my workflow.  I have been using
>>> ImagePrint and work in
>>> Photoshop CS as Untagged Gray.  Before printing in IP, I assign
> Gray
>>> Gamma 2.2.
>>>  I did the same in BO and found them to match my IP prints
> exactly.
>>> Since
>>> Gray Gamma 2.2 adds more contast to the image, I imagine that
> this is
>>> similar to
>>> your adjustment curve approach.
>>>
>>> I used the Epson ink for my experiments.  (Have not ordered Eboni
>>> Black yet.)
>>>
>>>
>>> Why do you recommend MIS Eboni?
>>>
>>> Can your BO approach be used on glossy papers also?  There seems
> to be
>>> a
>>> difference of opinions on that issue.  If so, which black do you
>>> recommend?
>>>
>>> I am planning on the Epson 4000 and would assume BO would even be
>>> better on
>>> that model.  It would be nice not to incur the extra cost for the
> IP
>>> upgrade.
>>>
>>> So far, I am finding BO terrific.  Thanks for your hard work.
>>>
>>> Helene