Digital BW, The Print

>... it's so tough to cover darker areas of
> Eboni with almost any type of coating ...

True.

> ... GLOP may serve better as a precoat for such as PrintShield. ...

Yes, maybe we're on the same page here.  I use glop in the initial 
print to help nail down Eboni and reduce the extent of gloss 
differential.  It definitely makes it easier to get a good Print 
Shield coating.

I think the addition of PK at the very end helps substantially also.  
The best results I got had both PK and Eboni firing at 100%.  I think 
if you were able to taper off the glop as the PK came in, you might 
be able to get a reasonably even gloss as you go into the deep 
shadows and then to 100%.  When I've done this, the subsequent Print 
Shield coating is much easier.  It'll take some playing around with 
the mix to get it right.  I have some things posted on this for both 
the 1400 and 1800.

Paul   
www.PaulRoark.com