Digital BW, The Print

To me it looks like the drop is coarser, though some of it may be due 
to dot gain. In any case, it is decidedly coarser than the PK drop. 
From what I saw of the 2200 it seemed set up like that also: switch to 
PK and the proplet gets smaller and smoother. I think it is done on 
purpose as a way of coping with the heavier pigment load of matte Ink, 
though I may be wrong.

Steve Karafyllakis

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Greg" 
<dfaprinting@y...> wrote:
>
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Steven 
> Karafyllakis" <steve@s...> wrote:
> >
> > Paul;
> > 
> > The quick answer is not as smooth as I'd hoped; but it's more 
> > complicated. If you do a QTR ink separation print, you find that 
the 
> > matte K gets nowhere near 1.5pl, I don't think its any smaller than 
> > 4pl. The PK is much finer, does a pretty good BO, but its still 
> > better IMO with 2K or 3K inks. 
> 
> Drop size versus dot gain? Does the matte ink realy only drop at 4pl, 
> or is the dot gain such that it looks like a 4pl drop?
>