Digital BW, The Print

Steve-

For the Harman paper, about 12 hours after printing, the darker inked 
areas of a print will leave very visible dull marks if scratched by a 
fingernail, about like a smooth matte paper.  When cured for 48 hours 
the ink becomes harder and leaves much less, but still visible, 
marking. Lighter areas of the print are less sensitive. So this is 
better than any smooth matte paper I've used, but certainly not up to 
gelatin standards.  These marks are a dulling of ink the surface, not 
a removal of the ink--the ink seems very well bonded to the surface.  
The Epson paper is a much harder surface and the texture of the 
surface makes it much harder to see any marks.  As with the matte 
papers, the smooother the surface, the more prominent any damage.  
The Epson Exhibition is a pretty tough paper.  These comments apply 
to K3 inks with MIS warm carbon in the yellow position.

This seems acceptable performance to me.  I don't consider such 
scratching with a fingernail normal handling of a print, but it would 
be nicer if it were more durable.

Best,
Walt