Digital BW, The Print

On 2/20/05 1:33 PM, "tariqgibranstudio" sent the following verbage:

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> As the effect I noticed is in the mid tones and does have that metallic bronze
> appearence from an angle, I suspect it was indeed extreme bronzing and not
> Metamerism.

Yes, bronzing.


>  Never ever seen it when printing with matte black, light black
> and QTR on Rag papers, only with the RC luster and Photo black.

It doesn't happen on rag papers.

>  I have really 
> not seen much Metamerism with the Ultrachrome inks - certainly not like I
> noticed with the previous Epson Archival pigments such as used int the Epson
> 2000. 

The 2000P archival inks were definitely hard to move from one light to
another.. But I see too much shift to green in daylight with the epson UC's
as well when using the epson driver. Magenta under tungsten, still there,
certainly not as bad with the UC's compared to the archivals prior.


> The third issue you mention is one I'm not sure I have noticed.   Could
> it occur when, for example, one printed in Black Only mode and the result was
> a lot of actual white paper showing in the highlight areas.

I just printed a warm print thru QTR on my 4000 to epson luster. I had to
check because I don't print to anything but rag paper for my BW's. The
differential I have seen has been with color prints made in the past with my
2200 and 2000P for proofing work.

100% warm is black only, that's what I printed.. And yes, the bronzing is
extreme in the dark areas, and I also see the difference in sheen in the
light areas, not total white as there wasn't any total white in this image.
It's there. So you may be seeing both issues. The paper is not as shiny as
the areas of ink, where there is a lot of ink... So where there is little
ink, it's not as shiny, it looks like the paper. I see why people are
calling them both bronzing, as it seems to be one effect when viewed
together. But with the color prints on gloss and semigloss I have
previously, where the bronzing is not so apparent, the gloss differential
certainly is.  Good to see but.. I don't happen to like gloss or semi-gloss
prints, either silver or inkjet, so I won't see it again. :)

Carolyn