OK...so I use the 1280 with UT2/eboni and It all works really good with lots of rag and matte papers. Occasionally I need to make a glossy print, and for that I determined that paul's curves plus print sheild spray is pretty good. BUT....I now need to make some glossy prints that need to be really good. As good as the photo rag etc. There cant be any bronzing, and should be glossier than the print sheild spray ends up. My Question: does the the photo black make a significant diference in bronzing?? I have not tried it, but suspect that it does not significantly improve on the Black-less curves that paul roark has ( graciously) offered. I say this because even with no black in the mix, there is some degree of bronzing, and we still need to spray. Now, before i switched to UT2, i was doing black only, with the original dye epson ink, and the output was great on glossy paper, (except for the dithering pattern which ruined it for me).......so....is the photo black free of bronzing? If so. does it work as black only on glossy paper? I can live with a little dithering patern more that I can with bronzing. Just to clarify, here is the list of problems I have dealt with regarding papers using pauls curves etc....ignoring any kind of permanence issue: Ilford smooth pearl: awesome image, ALMOST no bronzing, but you need to spray it, and then the finish really shows the spray. Almost like becomes a pearl finish, but a bad pearl finish. Ilford smooth pearl: Horrible bronzing that looks like glitter sprinkled on the print. Spray almost fixes it....almost. Lumijet gallerie gloss: not much bronzing, but the ink does not stick at all to the paper. Epson premium smooth gloss: Bronzing which needs a lot of spray Epson Premium Gloss: Ink does not stick Epson glossy photo paper (cheap photo paper)...Wow pretty good, almost does not need spray, and when you spay, the spray almost does not show. Almost almost almost. That is the problem I'm trying to beat right now.........Thanks for any help!
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UT2 Photo black?
2004-10-19 by Douglas Meeuwsen
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