Digital BW, The Print

Hi Ernst,

I happened to have some Kodak paper you mentioned and out
of curiosity I tried out MIS PK with a coat of GLOP on it
to see what I get. Here are some of the measured dmax'es:

Costco Kirkland:     2.59
Kodak Premium HG:    2.36
Ilford Smooth Pearl: 2.66

I think I can get higher dmax on the Kodak if I use more
GLOP on it by overprinting with a layer of GLOP using
a darker gray. I'm using a gray of RGB=100,100,100 to
apply the GLOP using a QTR profile which sets all four
jets firing equally on an 1160 which is now my GLOP machine.

The Kodak which is most likely a swellable polymer just soaks
up so much GLOP. The Kirkland can probably use a little more
GLOP, but it seems to be minimally required for the Ilford.

--nick

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Ernst Dinkla
<E.Dinkla@c...> wrote:
> I'm a bit disappointed with my tests on Fuji-Hunt
> gloss paper and checking what is available here that
> has qualities similar to Costco Kirkland. The
> Fuji-Hunt keeps it gloss quite acceptably but the
> Dmax stays low due to the not so high total gloss
> (1.78) after varnishing it goes up to 2.17 which
> isn't bad but not like Kirkland as I understand it.
> The last isn't available here and the size is too
> small anyway.
> 
> Is there some firsthand experience with the Kodak
> gloss inkjet inks suitable for pigment inks. Not the
> Ultima but the Kodak Prof. Inkjet paper Gloss and
> Lustre 255 gr/m2. If not some experience then with
> the Kodak Premium High Gloss 230 gr/m2 ?
> 
> Ernst