Digital BW, The Print

what printer and what ink? On the 2400, PSM works good with the PSG  
setting, and looks nearly the same. There is a diferent kind of gloss  
diff on the 2400. It's just a hair more obvious on the extreme  
highlights than PSG
On Oct 13, 2005, at 7:50 PM, Doug Wolf wrote:

> Well - I've tried the Premium Semimatte, and the results are ...
> interesting.  First observation - the surface is much more fragile
> than either the PSG or PL papers.  Since it only comes 17x22, I
> ordered one pack of that, and cut down a couple of sheets in 4's to
> have some 8.5x11's to work with.  Just the act of lining the paper up
> on the Rotatrim caused some fine scratching of the surface that
> interferes with even ink deposition.
>
> This is a lower contrast and lighter, overall, printing paper than
> PSG, using the PSG profile.   With the PL profile seems to produce
> about the same lightness, but less contrast than PL.  But the absolute
> black (L=0) zones are ... wierd.  I have curves for coated paper that
> leave out the black and only use C, LC, M and LM inks, and do a great
> job on PSG or PL, without gloss differential in the blacks, and only a
> small gloss differntial in the whites.  PSM, on the other hand, has no
> gloss differential in the whites, but the pure (L=0, only) blacks are
> duller, and have a puddling appearance that is just strange.  Going
> into Photoshop and adjusting the levels so that the lowest black level
> is L=2 instead of L=0 solved the problem without having to create an
> all new curve (and the min L=2 still produces a pretty rich black),
> but before doing that, the visual effect was just strange.  Backwards
> bronzing - it has a different look than if you use MK on RC paper, and
> doesn't rub off, but it nevertheless has a differant "surface  
> character".
>
> Anyway, sorry for the rambling post - just thought there might be one
> or two of you interested in the outcome of this discussion.
>
> D
>
>
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Roark"
> <paul.roark@v...> wrote:
> >
> > Doug,
> >
> > Try some Costco Kirkland Glossy inkjet paper and Epson Premium
> Semimatte.
> > Both are significantly better with respect to bronzing than the  
> Premium
> > Semigloss.  If one looks very critically at them there is still a  
> gloss
> > differential between the paper white and areas with significant
> density, but
> > the obnoxious bronzing is virtually gone.
> >
> > Paul
> > www.PaulRoark.com
> >
>
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