Digital BW, The Print

Steve,

I'll keep an eye on them and report back.  Atlex has pretty good prices 
for Ilford Smooth Pearl and it is also available in rolls:

http://www.atlex.com/ilford/ilford-galerie-smooth-pearl-paper.htm

Carl Schofield

On Dec 22, 2004, at 10:12 PM, Steven Karafyllakis wrote:

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>
> Carl;
>
> I didn't have anything from Ilford except Printasia glossy, which
> work failry well; Once Xmas is out of the way I'll put some glop in
> the 7500 and try the two you mentioned. It's good you're trying both
> methods; I'd be curious to know which looks the best in a couple
> days after they all dry properly.
>
> Steve Karafyllakis
>
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Carl Schofield
> <scho@m...> wrote:
>> 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:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 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
>>>
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