Digital BW, The Print

Collin;


Can't say I blame you for being tired of experimenting; I'm doing 
progressively less myself, only what I absolutely need to. Time to 
get on with it and make some prints...

> 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.  

Seems you're paying a bit much locally though; So there's a dealer 
in Salonica now? I would expect you can get better prices in Athens 
(as usual) if you can get there 

> and weird loooks from Olympic Airways ground staff at the scales.

They're just looking for a bribe, the pigs..
 
>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?

The closest I've come so far to ADFB is the Epson premium semmi-
matte with a liberal coating of glop; but between the glop 
application and needing to use PK, my new roll of semi-matte is 
sitting untouched in the corner. And that's another problem; the 
paper is only available in 17 x 22 sheets (pricey) or rolls, and the 
roll version curls badly, so you have to deal with that too. 
> 
> 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. 

Kayenta is a very nice looking paper, though noticeably whiter than 
EEM; I'm sure it will be a bit more expensive, but it probably 
doesn't yellow like EEM, so perhaps you can keep and use the test 
prints

Best Regards,

Steve