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Re: Eboni-6 tones, etc.

2008-01-22 by john dean

I see, the more carbon in the mix the more difficult the gloss diff
and bronzing, and the more complex the chemestry becomes. So far I've
never seen anything black and white that I would regard as beautiful
on these papers either. The HP and Canon are pretty good but not in
the range of silver prints. Color yes, black and white..so so. But
then I haven't worked with those printers myself either.

j


 
> If I can find a base and paper combo that print neutral dilute carbon 
> on gloss, it'll be very interesting.  However, it'll take a while.  I 
> think, however, I've now matched the commercial bases with respect to 
> smoothness -- it's the surfactant that matters.  I'm now testing an 
> industrial strength Dow product.
> 
> Paul
> www.PaulRoark.com
>

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