Digital BW, The Print

Tom;

I'm using the K4 inks in the R1800 (no glop) and there's a lot of 
it. A light coat of almost anything does the trick though.

Steve Karafyllakis









--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Tom Baker 
<tbaker1328@...> wrote:
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> Which MIS ink are you using?  I don't see the gloss differential 
with the MIS PRO inks in the R220.
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>   Tom Baker
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> Steven Karafyllakis <stevekphoto@...> wrote:
>           I found myself staring at the boxes of Costco paper a 
couple days 
> ago...they still had a couple boxes of the old stuff which I use 
for 
> color proofing, but being faced with profiling a new R260 I went 
with 
> the new paper so I wouldn't have to do it again when i did switch, 
and 
> have been pleasantly surprised. It was easier to get good color 
out of, 
> prints well with pigs, and has a nicer surface than the old paper. 
With 
> MIS inks it has a LOT of gloss differential, it needs coating. I'm 
> getting a dmax of 2.28 uncoated, 2.38 with Premier, and 2.58 with 
MIS 
> glop. Even though Premier doesn't give the most dmax boost, the 
surface 
> gloss and texture with it is quite pleasing, and very 'ADFB' in 
> character. I'll start a south-window test tomorrow, but in the 
> meantime, does anyone know anything more about this stuff?
> 
> Steve Karafyllakis
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