Digital BW, The Print

Steve,

Yes the PKN is shipping - received mine two days ago.  I used to wax RC 
prints after applying Printshield spray so I'll give the wax a try on 
the glopped prints as well - although I'm pretty happy with a 2.6 dmax 
as is and love the soft gloss finish.

Carl

On Feb 3, 2005, at 6:09 PM, Steve Kale wrote:

>
> And if you can be bothered waxing the prints dMax may even go 
> further....
>
> My MIS order has shipped so maybe that means PKN is now available.  The
> order was held up and I am hoping they were waiting for the ink.  
> Fingers
> crossed...
>
>
>> From: Carl Schofield <scho@...>
>> Reply-To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
>> Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2005 15:54:54 -0500
>> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
>> Subject: [Digital BW] Update on MIS PKN and LKN in the Epson 4000
>>
>>
>> The new MIS PKN and UT7 LK neutral inks are performing very well in my
>> Epson 4000 for both B&W and color.  I've tried PKN only printing with
>> the Epson driver, PKN + LKN neutral profiles with both QTR and 
>> IJC/OPM,
>> and PKN+LKN+LM+Y sepia profiles.  All yield a dmax of about 2.46 on
>> Kirkland Signature Glossy paper.  I was surprised at how good the
>> linearity was for the 4000 Epson driver printing BO with the PKN
>> (compare density plots below for the linearized QTR PKN+LKN profile 
>> and
>> Epson driver PKN only).  After making some adjustments in the LKN:LM:Y
>> ratios I also have a very nice sepia tone with deep, rich blacks.  I'm
>> still working with a mix of Epson UC inks in the color positions and
>> MIS PKN and LKN so I won't  re-profile all my  papers for color until 
>> I
>> have all inks switched over to the MIS UC equivalents.  However, I did
>> print the Kirkland with a new RGB profile and colors were very close 
>> to
>> the original prints with straight UC inks so I don't expect any
>> problems printing color with the neutral PK and LK inks.  I'm also
>> still evaluating different glop overlay application rates on the 4000
>> prints by running them through my 2200 and printing with a glop only
>> overlay profile.  My initial test were done with an IJC glop only
>> profile (glop in 2200 LK slot) with glop ink limit set to 50%.  There
>> was almost no bronzing and only some slight gloss differential to 
>> begin
>> with on the Kirkland PKN prints and after glop application both
>> bronzing and gloss differential were completely gone.  See last 
>> density
>> plot below for post glop coated PKN+LKN print.  Slightly higher dmin
>> from the glop but a terrific dmax boost to the highest dmax (2.602)
>> I've ever obtained for any ink/paper combo and beautiful artifact free
>> gloss finish.  I'm still considering my options for installing glop in
>> the 4000 that will also enable me to print both B&W and color, but
>> these prints are so good I'm leaning towards dumping matte paper
>> printing completely and just using glop in the matte black slot for
>> overcoating prints.  The matte prints on cotton rag with dmax levels 
>> in
>> the 1.7 range just look dull and pathetically weak next to these new 
>> RC
>> prints.
>>