Digital BW, The Print

Steve -

What is a "glop coating"?  I use Premium Luster with
Ultra Chrome inks and they look terrific, and I don't
coat the prints with anything.  I keep the whitest
white below 255, like at 247, and the blacks above 6.

Peter

--- Steve Kale <stevekale@...> wrote:

I have been a little schizo on these two.  Firstly,
Epson don't seem to sell
Lustre in lovely old England and so I have only bought
a single pack off A3+
while in New York.  I loved the initial prints with
the old Epson UCs - I
liked the "silky" texture.  (Sorry it is not easy to
describe.)  But these
inks needed a glop coating (even colour prints) which
largely demolished
that silky look.  Ilford Smooth Pearl has too sparkly
a sheen for my liking
although I continue to use it because it is cheaper
than the Epson papers.
Semi-gloss has a nice surface texture.  All have
comparable dMax and paper
white and so the dynamic range for B&W is similar. 
And the new K3 inks rock
on these papers.  So in the end it comes down to
subtle differences in
surface texture.  I'd say try a few sheets of each!



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