Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Steven 
Karafyllakis" <steve@s...> wrote:
> Collin, Tom;
> 
> Have either of yountried glop?  Collin, Paul Roark has an 
> experimental 1280 cart with UT-2 inks but glop in the yellow 
> position, which printer are you using?
> 
> Carl Schofield has some of this paper, if he has glop still set up 
> in his 4000 perhaps he can tell us if it works to reduce the
metalic 
> sheen?
> 
> Steve Karafyllakis
> 
Steve, 

If you ever go through Thessaloniki, please let me know.  I am sure 
some of my Greek friends would love to put on an exhibition of your 
work.

But to answer your question: in short no! I have spent so much of my 
time and money with sprays, laquers, varnishes, mayer rods, foam 
brushes and on that I have stopped trying to fiddle with the
products.  
If I don't like the result I give up on it: after a day at work I
want 
to get results.  (I am using an Epson 1290 with 1280 drivers for the 
UT2.) Until recently I have had to import everything.  I even carried 
my Epson 2100 here from the UK in a suitcase and every trip to the
UK, 
or my wife visiting, has suitcases with EAM (EEM) or some other paper 
and weird loooks from Olympic Airways ground staff at the scales.  I
am 
now limited to 30Kg but at least they haven't charged me excess 
baggage yet.

I like PR (for some reason I don't seem to have the flakig problems 
that others do.. shhhhhh shouldna have said that) and William Turner 
for my IR and BO printing. (Incidentally, I use the yellow position
for 
toned UT2 prints.)  But I thought PR satin would give close to that 
finish that a dried FB print has, without the curl!  I have yet to 
decide, but I think it will for BO, but why are the toned inks giving 
this differential metallic sheen?

Reading Clayton's Great Paper Chase, that was unavailable yesterday, 
Moab Kayenta may be available here and, depending on price, that may
be 
more convenient than EAM for proofing.

Thanks for enquiring, and my apologies for ceasing to be adventurous.

Colin