Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "tomoc" <tomoc@y...> wrote:
> I must have some compulsive obsessive disorder... I'm finally 
getting 
> some very satisfying prints with FS using both piezo and John Woolf 
> curves (right, why would one use both <g>)...and I'm getting fairly 
> comfortable with Paul's psychedelic VM curves that make their own 
> miracles... 
> 
> What I'm missing is the old neutral print on semi-gloss or semi-
matte 
> paper. I had trouble adjusting the Lyson Small Gamut to 
consistently 
> make what I was trying to make (but that is probably my fault and I 
> may just need to spend more time with the ink/paper combos).
> 
> Does anyone else like the "pearl" or semi-gloss print? What ink-
paper 
> combination are you using? 
> 
> Tom O'Connell
> 
> TomOC@y...
> www.thomasoconnell.com

Tom,
 
I am printing black and white portraits on Epson Semi Gloss Paper and 
MIS Premium Glossy Paper.  I am using a PC, an Epson 1280 , Photoshop 
6.0,  MIS VM inkset and Paul's curves (nc) and workflow.  I am a new 
user to this "system".  I like the look of these prints much better 
than any previous B & W prints I have made on the Epson 2000 or 1280 
printers with OEM inks.  I  like the look of the prints on both EP 
SGP and the MIS PGP.   I will also be trying Xtreme Gamut Pigment 
Glossy Paper for a comparison.  Overall, I have made about 25 8 x 10 
prints using the MIS inks and Paul's curves and feel that the results 
are good.  There does not appear to be any "dusting" or other 
problems with any of glossy or semi glossy prints after four days.  
 
Roger Marumoto