Digital BW, The Print

On Feb 24, 2009, at 4:19 PM, Bruce Watson wrote:

> In Zone System terms, what we have below our last shadow detail in  
> Zone
> III is the dark featureless grays of Zone II. What's missing is  
> Zone I.
> Black. That's what pigment on matte doesn't have. Yet (there's  
> always hope).

Is it me or does it seem that with the higher D-Max of the newer  
Epson ink sets on glossy papers, BW images look too heavy? With  
digital being linear, the extra black extends too far into the  
lighter tones.

I would be happy with a matte paper that has a tonal scale somewhere  
in between the current glossy and matte media.

Jim