Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "johnmuir.geo" 
<johnmuir.geo@y...> wrote:
> Thanks, Michael.  To continue the converstion here, what really 
> frustrates me is the problem I get with "bronzing"  I just ran a 
b/w 
> print on some old Ilford paper using the pk black pro glossy 
profile 
> with IP, and the bronzing was greatly reduced. This leads me to 
want 
> to continue the search for a paper and/or ink setting that will be 
> free of bronzing. Has anyone tried tweaking the ink reduction 
> settings in Ip to achieve this?


An inherent problem with pigments I'm afraid.  The particles are not 
absorbed into the paper structure as dyes are and this gives a 
differential between areas that are covered in pigment 'particles' 
and those that are not.  Some papers are affected more than others, 
Epson premium glossy seems to be a favourite. 
Other than that, your options are either to remove the differential, 
by coating the whole print with a clear base (in much the same way as 
the new R800 series printers use a glossy optimiser to cover the 
unprinted areas of the image with a clear laquer) - there are 
numerous options and posts on this here on the forum or laminating.
There also sound like some interesting developments in the new 
Futures Dye inks (colour set and mono set in the wings I understand), 
these are cited to have excellent fade resistance compared to other 
dyes (though how this will really bare out for us pigment archival 
die hards is another matter) and should not experience the bronzing 
problems.  I can't wait to see these in a printer.

regards
Steve