Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "lancephoto99" 
<lancephoto@...> wrote:
>
> I'm getting ready to purchase an Epson 4800 for my first venture
> into fineart B&W printing.   Prior to this a professional with 30 
> years in chemical  print making.  Is it true that you get better, 
> richer blacks using matte finish papers with K3 pigments than with
> lustre finish papers???  This is the opposite of the chemical world !
> If true, what's the physics here?
> Thanks
>

No, the same physics applies to both types of printing. Luster and 
gloss papers have a better dmax.