Digital BW, The Print

Just be careful with the thickness of the paper you decide on. The 
1400 seems to take thinner paper than other printers. On 
bhphotovideocom it shows max thickness at 11.8 mi. On that site it 
also shows thickness for the papers it sells under "specifications"
~Mary
--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "brouwerkent" 
<philip@...> wrote:
>
> I have been thinking of buying a 1400 and dedicating it to printing 
on Lustre papers, ie 
> Ilford Gold Fibre and the like.
> 
> Since I am starting from scratch if I make up an ink set, I am 
wondering if PKN would a 
> suitable ink as a most neutral starting point for my black.  And I 
am wondering if PKN 
> would be similarly neutral when diluted for at least 3 other 
positions.   I would use Glop as 
> the dilution mixer to minimize the gloss differential.
> 
>   I note with interest the idea of using Eboni in all different 
dilutions, and so am wondering 
> if Paul or others have tried diluting PKN for lustre papers.  I 
know it is a nice cool neutral 
> as a black.
> 
> Any thoughts on an ideal Lustre B&W ink set.
> 
> ---
> 
> Regarding Glop, I have used it in the mix of lighter inks with some 
success on a 2200.  
> But I have never completely eliminated gloss differential on the 
pure white areas in an 
> image.  I note that HP Z3100 series has a Glop channel and looking 
at prints from that 
> machine, gloss differential is entirely gone.
> 
>  Using QTR, is  a reversed curve with the Glop channel the right 
idea...so that it lays down 
> more glop on highlights including the paper white areas.  Has 
anyone experimented with 
> making Glop curves.  The only issue I see with doing this is not 
really knowing if the ink 
> channel is working, since it would be impossible to see a nozzle 
check.  Ideas, anyone????   
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> Phil
>