Digital BW, The Print

kipduff wrote:

  At this point. I'm
> printing warm tone on off-white smooth matt fine art papers.  I'm
> leaning towards the HP, but would sure like some input from group.  I
> do mostly B&W from scanned 8 X 10 negs.  Using traditional paper
> (Ilford Gallerie), I would dry on ferotype for gloss.  But I've never
> liked gloss media for inkjet, so I've been trying to get more depth by
> lacquering the finished matt prints with moderate success.  I'm
> excited about gloss enhancer idea because of this issue, but gather it
> only works for gloss or semi-gloss media.

It only works on gloss or satin media but includes the 
fiber, baryta types. On matte papers the GE drowns in the 
coating. I like it where it just separates the image with a 
little more gloss from the paper that is between matte and 
satin like Sihl's Professional Photo Baryt 290 gsm. The B&W 
results on matte paper with the MK,PK, Grey, LGrey used in 
quad formation and color toning added are perfect. It is 
based on the same calibration (linearisation) that is used 
for color printing.

> 
> Other issue: in the store, they were using a Mac computer.  Processing
> the photos in PhotoShop was extremely slow.  Also the printing was
> very slow compared to my 4800 printing from my PC with XP
> Professional.  I print 16 X 20- they were printing 22 X 28 with gloss
> enhancer.  Is this printer slow compared to Epsons?

On the printserver a 2.4 Pentium 4 with 2 GB memory + XP Pro 
and Qimage as the application to print from I can not 
complain about the driver's speed. It isn't slower than 
Epson drivers or printers in general. Possibly slower to the 
9900 and 7900 that were introduced at the Drupa last week 
but they will not be available till the end of the year.


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Met vriendelijke groeten,  Ernst


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