Digital BW, The Print

I just did some more testing with glop on UC prints.  I printed a B&W 
image on Epson Premium Semimatte, Epson Premium Semigloss, and Ilford 
Smooth Pearl using the Epson Ultrachrome inks in my Epson 4000 printer 
with a QTR neutral profile that uses no black ink.  Each print was 
subsequently printed over with glop in my Epson 2200 by overlaying a 
100% black rectangle the size of the image and then printed BO with 
glop in the K slot.  As I reported earlier, there was still residual 
bronzing in both the Epson Premium Semimatte and Epson Premium 
Semigloss prints, but not a trace of bronzing remained in the Ilford 
Smooth Pearl print after the glop overcoat.  This was surprising since 
the Ilford Smooth Pearl print had the worst bronzing of the three 
prints prior to the glop overcoat but came out the best.  So, there is 
hope for using the Epson Ultrachromes with a glop overcoat if you use 
the right paper.  The Ilford Smooth Pearl also had the highest dmax of 
the 3 papers.

Carl

On Dec 22, 2004, at 2:14 PM, Steven Karafyllakis wrote:

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> Matt;
>
> If you check back through the last two days of messages you'll find
> my most recent report on doing just that. Look it up, it might save
> you some time.
>
> It can be done, but there are mechanical problems that make it
> frustrating with a desktop printer; I have now officially given up
> on running it through my 1280, and am about to load the glop in the
> K cart of my 7500. I simply got too frustrated by having otherwise
> perfect prints marred at the last minute by roller tracks, pizza-
> wheel tracks, head scrapes, etc. But by all means, take a crack at
> it, trying it is cheap. The best papers I've found so far are Epson
> Premium semi-gloss, amd premium semi-matte. I would offer you a
> sample, but it'll be several days before I get the change-over done.
>
> Keep us posted-
>
> Steven Karafyllakis
>
> http://www.stevekphoto.com
>