Digital BW, The Print

Hear, hear. Now let us (Epson, or anyone else for that matter)find a 
the K ink which gives us Dmax in the 2 range on matte papers.

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Clayton Jones" 
<cj@c...> wrote:
>
> Paul,
> 
> >...they may have a paper that comes close to the fabled silver 
print, 
> >but after getting used to matte papers, I'm not sure I want to go 
> >back to the silver print look for display prints.
> 
> Exactly my sentiments, and "fabled" is a good word.  I held on to 
that
> standard in my mind for a long time, but last summer I searched
> through a box of old fiber base silver prints (mostly on Oriental
> Seagull, Ilford MGFB and Galerie) looking for something and was 
struck
> by how distracting and annoying the glare and reflections were.  I'd
> forgotten how bad it was and realized how much I've come to love the
> completely reflectionless carbon ink prints.  
> 
> I think that was the final step in completely leaving behind the 
last
> traces of desire to recreate the look of emulsion prints of any 
sort.
> I believe I have now, even subconsciously, fully accepted and
> embraced the fact that we are working with a different medium.  
> 
> Regards,
> Clayton
> 
> 
> Info on black and white digital printing at    
> http://www.cjcom.net/digiprnarts.htm
>