Digital BW, The Print

Paul Roark wrote:

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>>It looks like most of the disappointed results with the Fuji-Hunt gloss
>>paper is due to the lower gloss of MIS PK...
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>Have you tried the MIS PKN?  It still does not hold the gloss that the Epson
>coated PK does, but it has a significantly better dmax on most glossy papers
>than does the MIS PK.  The cool black also just looks deeper and does not
>have a bronze reflection.
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>

>I don't know much about the Fuji-Hunt paper or the Kodak Prof Gloss inkjet
>paper.  Are they acid free?  Do either have some unique properties?  I admit
>some skepticism about claims from the old line companies when it comes to
>digital products. 
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>
Paul,

I'm checking the papers that are available here. That have an acceptable 
gloss, good Dmax, low gloss differential, low bronzing, all right out of 
the box without varnishing. It should be in roll size too. The Fuji-Hunt 
has that with my friend's 4000. The Kodak should have that according to 
someone on the wide format list. Right now I'm less interested in the 
archival properties but that may come. So far I have little done in 
gloss but there are some requests whether it is possible and it isn't 
for art. In color on the 10000 (with MIS 7600 inks) in fact but I'm 
trying to find the answer on the 9000 with a kind of MIS UT set as the 
PK is already loaded on that printer.

The other gloss black inks that I already have here are the original 
10000CF black and two 220 ml UC PK 9600 carts. I guess that for both the 
9000 and the 10000 I could better use the UC PK instead of the MIS PKN. 
More gloss and warmer so it fits the rest of the UT and keeps metamerism 
low on the 10000. The risk is that the rest of the MIS 7600 color + UT 
inks show less gloss than the UC PK. I'm happy with the matte printing 
of the 10000 and the 9000 both with the MIS inks + Eboni. If the UC PK 
is too much off in warmth compared to the UT grey inks below it then I 
can better forget using gloss on the 9000 B&W printer anyway.

The original 10000CF black ink isn't the right choice as the gloss will 
be lower than the UC PK, it is more neutral and the Dmax is probably too 
low. There are probably more issues too, it was the first Epson pigment 
ink and tried to be a universal solution so one may not expect too much 
of it.

Ernst