Digital BW, The Print

I'll agree with that totally. But I do really like SR for large color
work, for some projects, and that is where I'm using it. To tell you
the truth the texture only bothers me when the prints are small.

john

 
> To me, the really good matte papers are far preferable for the BW 
> work I do.  The CSR may look better than the past PK papers, but it 
> (with K3 on it) looks very artificial to me. 
> 
> Walt
> 
>  
> 
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "john dean" 
> <deanwork2003@> wrote:
> >
> > I appologize Walt. You guys are right.I was wrong.
> > 
> > It has been awhile since I did these tests and I don't do black and
> > white on this paper on a regular basis. I went back and looked at my
> > 8x10 prints done on the 2400 with PK. If you hold these prints at 
> just
> > the right sharp angle you do see some gloss differential. The 
> optical
> > effects on the Epson rc papers are far more distracting and coarse 
> though.
> > 
> > I used sheet media for SR and it was completely flat and that was 
> hard
> > to see, but if the print was not flat it would be more apparent for
> > sure. The same situation applies to the color prints. When I use 
> this
> > media I spray it anyway but a lot of people are totally against 
> toxic
> > sprays and I agree it is disgusting to deal with. 
> > 
> > So it is there. However when sprayed with Premier Art it does
> > disappear. Since I like my carbon monochome prints done on fine 
> matte
> > rag papers I'm not that involved with glossy output, and what a dmax
> > reads on a densitometer is not a real concern for me.
> > 
> > I believe it is also true that these rag glossy papers are in their
> > infancy and will improve a lot. I think we all agree on that.
> > 
> > John
> >
>