Digital BW, The Print

Chip,


What I did was print several 8x10's on SR, black and white and
color,different printers, etc, and when the prints are not viewed
totally flat they have that glare issue. The 16x20's I did I am
viewing at about 2.5 to 3 feet distance and the texture is simply not
an issue for me and the whole thing appears smooth. The color gamut is
awesome as is the dmax. If you put your nose up to it you'll see that
texture. But to be fair, this same situation is what I experience with
Epson Premium Luster's texture. I did a job on that this week, several
30x40's. From a normal distace they looked spectacular, but up close
that texture just looks a little mechanical. Same with Silver Rag.
Once either of these is behind glass they function just fine. I would
like to see the texture disapper completely, but that isn't going to
stop me from starting to use it.

This 16x20 was a color print on a 9600, not a black and white print,
if that makes any difference.

John




--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "chipcarterdc"
<chipcarterdc@...> wrote:
>
> John,
> 
> Can you explain why the texture/"sparkle" on SR is less
objectionable at bigger sizes?  I'm 
> having trouble figuring out why this would be the case.
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "john dean"
<deanwork2003@> 
> wrote:
> >
> > The texture on the new batch is slightly finer, though with the same
> > pattern and sheen. It appears that they are trying to perfect it. I'll
> > use it for big things but probably not small sizes at this point.
> > 
> > john
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "john dean"
> > <deanwork2003@> wrote:
> > >
> > > You know I think he may have something there. I just opened a new
> > > batch of 8.5x11 Silver Rag that Crane just sent me and compared the
> > > surface the the earlier batch. It is smoother, and slightly less
> > > creamy warm it looks like to me.
> > > 
> > > I'm going to do a print on it right now and see what's up and post
> > > what I see.
> >
>