Digital BW, The Print

Hi Clayton,
I have a 2100 and use OEM Ultrachromes. 

But maybe I should make the tests BO? Or half QTR Neutral OEM inks and half BO?

Any thoughts?
Richard

At 02:56 p.m. Tuesday 11/11/2008, you wrote:

>Hello Richard,
>
>>I have your Condor paper here for the window test and now that 
>>it's spring in NZ, plan to start that test with a few other 
>>papers as well, asap.
>
>Condor was one of my top favorites for Eboni BO, really beautiful
>paper. I noticed that Condor prints hanging here in my workroom for
>several months would loose some brightness compared to a fresh sheet
>(not whiteness, just brightness). I figured it was rapid OBA
>exhaustion, but since there was no loss of whiteness and it didn't
>affect the print appearance I never gave much thought to it. Hawk Mtn
>has stated that they use naturally white fibers to begin with, so
>there shouldn't be much, if any, color change due to OBA death. I'll
>be interested to learn what results you find from direct sunlight.
>
>>I'm thinking that perhaps just printing a 21-step test strip would be
>a good way to do it...
>
>Definitely. My landscape doesn't provide for spectro readings
>anywhere in the image. Next time I do something like this I'll do the
>same. This was such a casual thing when I began it, just a curious
>thought.
>
>>NZ is supposed to have more UV than many other countries so it's
>probably a good place to do such tests.
>
>Why is that do you suppose? I don't know how S. Fla rates, but I know
>it's real easy to get a bad sunburn here. I grew up here fishing,
>sailing, snorkeling, etc, and had my share of them. We see lots of
>bright pink tourists here in the winter <g>.
>
>>Probably I'll do ... Moab Entrada (natural and bright), Colorado
>>Satine, PremierArt Matt BW (Maybe some other PremierArt - like
>>Platinum Rag), HM Sparrowhawk, Condor ...
>
>That's a big lineup. What inks?
>
>>Oh ... another thing about the Wilhelm interview - he pointed out
>that many of the great photographers in the past were even using
>acidic papers and even those prints have stood up well.
>
>There were lots of interesting tidbits in there. I may watch it again.
>
>Regards,
>Clayton
>
>Info on black and white digital printing at 
><http://www.cjcom.net/digiprnarts.htm>http://www.cjcom.net/digiprnarts.htm
>I-Trak 2.1 <http://www.cjcom.net/itrak.htm>http://www.cjcom.net/itrak.htm
>
> 

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