Digital BW, The Print

Carl,

I printed on Ilford Gild silk for the first time last night using your
3-PK curve with Quadtone RIP on an Epson R1800. The prints look
outstanding however I am seeing microbanding in the smooth midtones.
Did you experience this on your R1800 and do you have any suggestions
to eliminate it ?
--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Carl Schofield
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> I've been using Ilford Gold Silk without problems in both an Epson  
> 4000 and R1800.  Surface doesn't appear to be any more sensitive to  
> abrasion than other PK papers, which are generally tougher than matte  
> papers.  Are you getting ink cross contamination (MK/PK)?
> 
> Carl Schofield
> http://photos.schophoto.com
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> On Jan 5, 2008, at 10:18 AM, Dana H. Myers wrote:
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> > gcwagner wrote:
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> >>
> >> Richard,
> >> I let it dry 48 hours or more and it still is very sensitive  
> >> compared to
> >> matte prints. If you have a test print could you try just rubbing  
> >> your
> >> finger nail across a dark area and see if it leaves a mark?
> >
> > I've had no problem with prints on K3/Gold Fibre Silk being
> > easy to mar in normal handling (including stacking with other
> > prints, etc.), but I can indeed scratch the darker areas with
> > a nail.  That doesn't seem very meaningful to me, though - that
> > seems to be pretty abusive of any print :-)
> >
> > Dana
> >
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