Digital BW, The Print

I guess I'm going to have to try to get some K3 inks in my 2200, which is what I sort of 
figured. I've never transferred inks before, though, so that makes me a little nervous and I 
wqas hoping to avoid it just for that reason. 

Thanks for your comments...they do help.
Sarah




--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Tim Atherton" 
<timatherton@...> wrote:
>
> I'd have to say though that 2200/K2 inks on Silver Rag aren't that 
> great... in comparison to using the K3 inks
> 
> I started off with my old 2200 - and while the K2 inks on Silver Rag 
> were indeed quite an improvement over other glossy/semi-gloss papers, 
> there was still some bronzing and noticeable differential, even after 
> spraying. The improvement was maybe 50-60% over existing papers.
> 
> BUT when I started using K3 inks in a 2400 the difference/improvement 
> was dramatic - absolutely no bronzing, and using ABW and/or QTR, 
> almost no discernable metamerism (no more than on a real silver 
> print) and as close to a true neutral print as I have ever got on an 
> inkjet.
> 
> (and you don' need to run just BO to get a nice print though - works 
> well with QTR)
>