Digital BW, The Print

Nick H. Nugent wrote:

>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
>
>  
>
Nick,

Thank you. Very nice numbers. Is the initial Dmax without GLOP best on 
the Ilford too ?  I thought Kirkland had the best without GLOP.

Ernst