Digital BW, The Print

Harold-

Thanks for the comments, but how does the GE *look* on, for example, 
the Silver Rag?  Does it raise the gloss of the unprinted paper, 
reduce it or not change it?

It is interesting that the Harman Gloss is perceived by many as more 
glossy than the Silver Rag.  As with the Exhibition Fiber, I find the 
K3 *inks* on SR much glossier than on the Harman--the sparkling and 
glitter of the inks takes the surface beyond gloss to something I 
have never seen before.  By comparison, the Harman has a soft sheen 
that is no more disturbing at odd angles than a gelatin print.

I imagine that the HP inks have a very different surface than the K3s.

Thanks,
Walt

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Harold Jackson 
<harold@...> wrote:
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> Walt -- 
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>   I don't use the Harman paper but I'll give you my experience with 
other papers using the gloss enhancer on the Z3100.  My preference is 
for the Moab Photo Luster and Museo Silver Rag papers.  Thus I don't 
use high gloss papers.  On the luster papers the gloss enhancer I use 
it to coat the entire paper (not economy mode) and I have seen no 
evidence of color shifting(metamerism) or bronzing.  The colors are 
vibrant and lively.  The printer is also very judicious in it's use 
of gloss enhancer.   
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>   For all of the papers that I have tried since I've owned the 
printer,my findings are that HP got it right.  The only thing that I 
would like to see is a better sheet feed mechanism (like the ones 
that come with the Epson 4800 and 3800). 
>   I know you wanted some feedback about the Harman paper but I 
haven't tried it yet.  I've got some coming in so I'll be trying it 
soon.  I'll be happy to share my results with the group. 
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