Digital BW, The Print

Paul

Thanks for the input.  I have a couple more questions.

1.  I have a bottle of PKN (part of a pint) that has expiration of later this year.  Is this the 
old PKN?  Is there a permanence issue here???

2.  PKN...from what I understood this is fine as the Black position, right???  I have used it 
successfully until now on a 2200...matter of fact I am currently using it as my dark black 
with Eboni on Matte paper and it works great.  But matte papers of course have a much 
lower gamut, so the split toning effect is hardly noticeable.

3.  So here is what I think would be a good starting point for my lustre set.  
Black -PKN  along with shades of Greys composed half the newer Cool Neutral ink you 
suggest as well as half 100 percent Carbon.  Am I on the right track here.  Sounds like this 
is what you suggest.  I would use MIS LK and LLK as the warm greys....which I have on 
hand.

4.  I like slightly split tone...matter of fact I consider it desireable.  Gives a visual depth as 
long as it is subtle.  So my thinking here is the PKN gives a subtle coolness to the deep 
blacks like Selenium toning.  Am I safe here, or should I buy a new black...I do not want to 
be using a black that has proven to be poor.  Is there a problem with PKN as black 
position???

5. On the Glop issue, if I manipulate my images so that the brightest highlights are 254, 
will I get sufficient glop to eliminate the Gloss differential?  Or should I dedicate a channel 
to Glop and use a reverse curve to lay a bunch of Glop on the highlights?

Thanks for you always helpful suggestions.

Phil Brouwer