Digital BW, The Print

Julian reports good success with no bronzing by defying convention and
spraying the print with a heavy coat of protective spray imediately after
printing. As I have a coulpe of his prints on this paper... I can say it
works!

Nij



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steadman Uhlich [mailto:steadmanuhlich@...]
> Sent: 17 February 2002 14:26
> To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Kodak Ultima Satin
>
>
> Piotr,
>
> This was discussed extensively a few (6) months ago on the
> PiezoBW forum.  Many, many posts on the Ultima Satin occured when
> it first came on the market and many Piezo users tried it (me included).
>
> The bronzing is a "characteristic" of using those inks on a
> glossy paper like that.  I don't anyone ever got away from that.
> Many tried.
>
> Many tried coatings too.  That lead to many threads on coating
> papers and different mixes.
>
> There are pages and pages of writings on these two topics on that
> forum archives.
>
> Have fun reading.
>
> Steadman        (by the way...I gave up on the paper...not usable
> in my opinion for the look I want)
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: piotrjanowski
>   To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
>   Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2002 5:25 AM
>   Subject: [Digital BW] Kodak Ultima Satin
>
>
>   I have just received the Kodak Ultima Satin, after reading in  the
>   archives of this list that some people reported having sucessfully
>   printed on this paper.
>   I own a 1160 CFS with MIs VM and I have been trying to print some
>   images but so far the results are pretty bad(bronzing, banding)
>   Can anyone who uses this paper help me with this?
>   What papersettings do You use? Do You set the printer to + or do You
>   leave it in the normal position?
>   Any other things I should be aware of?
>   The texture of this paper is pretty nice and smooth.
>   Also, what about spraying? I remember that someone wrote once that he
>   sprays within 15 minutes after printing.Any suggestions?
>
>   I must also report to the listmembers that I have now been using the
>   CFS for a month now, I used up almost all my ink and didn't have a
>   single bad nozzle check. It works really great.
>
>   Greetings
>
>   Piotr Janowski
>   piotr.janowski@...