Digital BW, The Print

Hap, have you tried spraying with a fixative straight away? I spray Ultima
straight after printing and it is ok.

Julian
----- Original Message -----
From: "Hap Mullenneaux" <hapm@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, December 03, 2001 10:39 PM
Subject: [Digital BW] Ilford Gallerie Papers-Revisited


> Hello from Iowa,
> I wanted to check back and see if anyone has had more experience with
> the Ilford Pearls.  The Classic is recommended for dye based inks so
> I have been profiling it with the Epson oem inks for color printing
> and so far it looks very good.  The Smooth Pearl supposedly works
> with pigment inks and is fast drying.  Well, the tone with MIS FS is
> beautiful, but 4 hours after printing I can still smudge ink in the
> midtones.  I'm hoping someone has had it longer and knows that it
> really dries.
> Thanks, Hap
>
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., Carolyn  Frayn
> <carolyn@u...> wrote:
> > Sorry if this has been discussed and I missed it...
> >
> > Is anyone interested in these gloss papers?  The specs say they
> will last 30
> > years with good quality pigment inks... 10 with dyes. 30 years may
> not be
> > long enough for fine art photog's but for some commercial uses??
> >
> >
> <http://www.ilford.com/html/us_english/prod_html/galerie/htm/prod/prod
> ucts.h
> > tm>
> >
> > Carolyn
>
>
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