Digital BW, The Print

Paul-

I just had some Epson UltraSmooth sprayed with laquer and they did a 
strip test sheet for me. With no spray, 1 coat, 2 coats and 3 coats. 
I didn't bother to check them on the densitometer because the results 
were so obvious (but I would be happy to report the numbers if they 
would be helpful for you).


The single coat reduced the dmax significantly, 2 coats even more and 
3 coats started coming back, but the appearance was horrible on the 
surface and the whole image lost tonality with sharply increased 
contrast.

I was very interested in the work that Robert Morrison was doing 
about a year ago...he sounded like he was very near to making a 
viable commericial product (and the prints were stunning) but he 
seemed to be dropping it because one of the paper companies was near 
to announcing a product that "would obsolete" his coating 
product...not sure but think he was talking about the Seagull 
offering that never happened.


Have you heard anything on any of this?

cheers,

Tom O'Connell