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RE: [DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint] Spectratone Quadtone inks

2001-07-30 by Ron Landucci

Julian,

I printed a 21-step grayscale with Cone's inks on the Kodak Ultima Satin and
measured the reflection density of the zero patch to be 1.88.  The Ilford
Glossy print with the Spectratone inks reads 2.4.  I'll try Cone's inks with
the Ilford Glossy when I receive it.

Ron



  Julian,

  Yes I did try the Ultima Satin with Cone's inks but don't recall the
blacks
  being as rich as the Ilford sample.  I also didn't like the bronzing and
  didn't want to mess with spraying the inks to fix them.  I'll print out a
  gray scale on the Ultima Satin and measure the density of the black just
for
  comparison.

  Ron
     >  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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