Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, James Irelan
<james@r...> wrote:
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>...I profiled the Fotonics on 
> Entrada, and am getting just amazingly good prints.

These paper Dmax issues are more on the minds of us B&W pigment folks.
I like Fotonics, and even used Lysonic Es for some time. I have no
doubt that you are getting good blacks and gamut with dyes on that
paper. I suspect you won't reach that gamut, dmax, or transperency
with Ultrachromes. Color pigments have always looked more opaque on
paper to me, not a bad thing, but a different thing.
I also think Fotonic prints will last a good long time. Jan has been
reputably exhibiting them since long before this list even exhisted.
AND, that new paper you mentioned that we are all waiting to see, will
no doubt favor dye inks.
I'd just hate to be the guy that recommends to you that you should be
the bleeding edge guy yet again with 3rd parties in your 7600. C.D.
may have a valuable opinion on that too, he has a lot of Fotonic
experience.
Tyler