Digital BW, The Print

Don't forget that the glossy will always give better blacks. Have you tried
Ultima Satin with the Cone inks? Again, just like an RC glossy print.

Julian
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From: <ron@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, July 30, 2001 11:24 PM
Subject: [DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint] Spectratone Quadtone inks


> I just received a two sample prints from Allen Takichi Maertz of
> Lincoln Ink & Papers, www.lincolninks.com, printed with their
> Spectratone monochrome inks.  One print is on Oce watercolor paper,
> and was not impressive.  The other is on Ilford 9 mil Glossy paper
> and is most impressive.  The blacks are incredible.  I measured the
> reflectance of the zero patch to be 2.4!  This I compared to a zero
> patch reading of Cone's inks on German Etching Board (Orwell) which
> is 1.63.
>
> The sample was printed on an Epson 3000 as a CMYK file using the
> Adobe Pressready RIP.  I can see the dither pattern, but overall it's
> not too bad.
>
> The print on the Ilford glossy looks very much like a photo RC glossy
> print, which is not the look I prefer for my fine art prints, but
> that black is hard to dismiss.
>
> I'm going to order a sample of the paper to try with Cone's inkset.
> They'll probably smear, but it's worth a try.  I'll also order a set
> of Spectratone carts for my 3000 and print through Cone's RIP and my
> Wasatch RIP.
>
> I'll post my findings.
>
> Ron
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