Digital BW, The Print

"dlruckus" <dlruckus@...> wrote:
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> ... On my machines, the best I've done with Arches and Eboni is about 1.56...

Mid to high 1.50's is what I normally expect right after drying with a hair drier.  On some test strips after thorough curing I see 1.60+, but it's hit or miss.  I assume the gelatin sizing is not all that uniform.
 
> > Somerset Velvet has brighteners in it according to my UV light.

> That surprises me a bit...

That they would make an un-coated paper and then put in brighteners is a bit odd.  Given the brightness of the paper that I measured with the spectro, however, it didn't totally surprise me to see it glow under the blacklights.  I might add that I have one incandescent blacklight that doesn't have the best ratio of UV to visible light, and the results were marginal.  With my fluorescent blacklight, which appears to have much more UV relative to minimal visible light, the Somerset glow was right up there with other brightened papers, and Arches BW was dark.

Paul
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