Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Greg"
<dfaprinting@...> wrote:
> I was almost going to add that "man(kind) does not live by dmax alone"
> in my post above, but I was being lazy.
>
I agree that Dmax is not the be all, end all to a good print. I tried
a paper that had the best Dmax of all (weird coating, so it wasn't
completely matte) and the print looks like crap.

What I like about the carbon prints on cotton is that they possess
incredible value separation, which is lost if you laminate, which
gives you greater Dmax. I know, I tried it and measure densities, etc.
Crane Museo had the lowest Dmax alone (1.55) which jumped to 2.05 when
laminated.....BUT all the tonal separation in the blacks were gone
into one big Dmax lump.

The smoothest prints I've ever seen are the ones Jon Cone gave me in
NYC last year at Photo Plus. That guy get it right on the paper for
sure. there are others here as well.

Claude Jodoin