Digital BW, The Print

I'll play around with the paper settings today. It was late and I
forgot to specify details -- I'm running a 1280 with UT2 inks (Eboni
black). I was surprised to see this problem as I had heard good things
about the Ilford paper being one of the few glossy-type surfaces that
support Eboni black.

-Pieris

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Roark"
<paul.roark@v...> wrote:
> That looks like the paper being overloaded with ink.  It's a major
problem
> with Ilford and, usually to a lesser extent, other glossy papers.
> 
> With the Epson driver, the media type setting is the way to control
the ink
> load.  The Photo Quality Glossy Film or other paper type setting
might help.
> Some printers seem to overload the paper worse than others.  The
2000P,
> 7500, and 1290, for example, seem to print with a higher load than
the 1280.
> I just received a 1280 silver, and I'm suspicious it's more like the
1290
> than the older 1280 I had.
> 
> What printer and inkset are you using? 
> 
> At any rate, try some different paper type settings and see if it is
> controllable.
> 
> Paul
> www.PaulRoark.com 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pieris Berreitter [mailto:pieris@y...] 
> Sent: Friday, December 24, 2004 12:07 AM
> To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Digital BW] trouble with Ilford Galerie Smooth Pearl
> 
> 
> 
> I loaded up a sheet of Ilford Galerie Smooth Pearl today to see what
> I've been missing as I've only printed on EEM so far. At first
glance
> the Ilford looks better: deeper blacks, mostly. I boosted the
contrast
> of the EEM print to try to match but the Dmax still does not compare
> to the glossy finish of the Ilford paper.
> 
> But on close examination of the Ilford under light there are these
> weird cellular patterns in discrete portions of the image. Does
anyone
> know where these weird patterns are coming from? It seems to be
> localized to the denser areas. I'm using the appropriate "Neutral"
> curves from Paul's website.
> 
> I have scanned portions of the image on both EEM and on Ilford to
> compare. See:
> 
> www.pmb.net/darkroom/maninhat_ilfordscan_crop.jpg
> www.pmb.net/darkroom/maninhat_eemscan_crop.jpg
> 
> 
>