Digital BW, The Print

> It works great with K3, no gloss differential really and no bronzing.

Ahem... on the basis of various posts about Sliver Rag, I bought a  
box, made one print (on a 2400 w/K3) and... rather obvious gloss  
differential. Yes, it's less pronounced than on other gloss papers  
I've tried, but it's most definitely there. If you don't mind it,  
that's fine, but I don't like prints that produce distracting optical  
effects unless viewed in a certain, optimal way. Another problem (for  
me) is that the surface is very sparkly when viewed in direct light  
(e.g. a gallery spot) at certain angles.

I'm not trying to make my prints look as though they're traditional  
silver gelatin... I just don't want odd visual quirks causing people  
to think more about the printing process than about the image. It's  
otherwise a really good paper (the blacks are great), but I'm going  
to keep waiting for better gloss coatings (and using matte papers)  
for now.

Harry

On Jul 3, 2006, at 6:16 PM, john dean wrote:

> -No, No, No, Walt. You can't use MK. It is designed for PK only.
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> It works great with K3, no gloss differential really and no bronzing.
> I actually use it wit K2 and it also looks great. I put a light coat
> of Premier Art on it with K2 but not really necessary with K3. My
> tests on the 2400 right out of the box with ABW mode were excellent,
> awesome dmax for mono and color. A big difference from Premium Luster
> relief look with any Ultrachrome for instance.
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