Digital BW, The Print

I hope you wern't using matte black?

I didn't even have rub off using the Cone K6 pigments, but did have
very bad gloss diff which I expeced with a matte black carbon pigment.

I am currently testing with Ultrachome and K3 and will post my results
as soon as I make them available to Crane first as I promised. That
should be Monday. This trial is coming to an end and they should
release the stuff by mid Feb I imagine.

john




--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Stephen M
Martin" <steve@...> wrote:
>
> As are many of you, I am using the untried Crane Silver Rag. This
morning I 
> made a gallery poster for a show I have and printed it on the silver
rag. It 
> was in RGB but was put through all the usual stuff to mute the
color. I use 
> an Epson 4000 and used the IP profile. When the paper emerged, the
photo 
> part of the print smudged. (The line around it and the name had no
problem). 
> As I let it sit, I rubbed it to see if it was drying and it remains
sticky 
> to the touch. It feels like the ink is just piled up. My question is
whether 
> anyone else has experienced a problem with this paper and the UC inks.
>