Digital BW, The Print

Hello Jason;

We have been expwerimenting with glop a bit here and there, but I 
don't think anyone is using it on dye inks. I in fact ran a test 
print using MIS R800 glop, Epson premium glossy and dyes a while 
back, and it seemed to hurt the print longevity substantially- I got 
fade and magenta shift in a matter of a few days in my 'south 
window' test.

I understand, however, that some people are using the MIS Pro pigs 
in R200 printers with good results, and many are doing B&W with 
grayscale pigs of one brand or another, so the printers are capable 
of using pigments. I know the gamut isn't the same, but it has 
improved a lot, and with a luster/semigloss paper the ink doesn't 
look so much like its just sitting on the surface; you might 
consider going that route for anything you don't want to replace a 
few years from now.

Steve Karafyllakis

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "jason shanks" 
<prissweb@...> wrote:
>
> Hello guys , I just wanted to first say " hello " to the group. 
This
> is my first post here and I heard about this place from a nice
> gentleman on the dpreview forums . When I brought up the topic of 
> using a printer to coat a print with a gloss or matt coating he
> informed me that people in this group had been using that method 
for
> years and that it indeed did work. And I will say , I'm thankful 
for
> the experience newbie's like me can learn from ,  due to your hard 
work.
> 
> This brings me to my question. Will gloss coating using WJ824 on a 
dye
> based print improve the fading ? I really hope so , because I love 
how
> dye based inks look. That and I don't have any money for an
> r800-r2400.  I have two r320's and blank refillable cartridges for
> both units. I tried spraying prints with coats but I didn't like 
the
> smells and the printer yields much more even results. These dye 
prints
> will be for family photo albums and some for hanging. And if I 
can ,
> selling my 8x10's on eBay. I use Epson premium glossy.
> 
> Has anyone got good , lasting results .. at least better then 
normal
> Epson dye prints . Using glop coating ? using multiple coats of 
glop
> is no issue for me. I have tons of the stuff.
>