Digital BW, The Print

> 
> Hello all,
> 
> I am printing with an 1160 and MIS FS-N inks and lately I've been
> quite pleased with my results as far as smooth tonal gradations and
> sharpness of my prints on EAM. Yesterday I printed this image:
> 
> http://www.contaxg.com/document.php?id=6276&full=1
> 
> and it came out just beautifully with wonderful highlights and smooth
> mid-range tones. But the blacks seem more of a very dark grey instead
> of a rich, deep black, especially in that area in the bottom right
> corner. Is this an ink issue or paper issue? Perhaps I'm getting the
> darkest black I'm going to get from FS-N ink? Would another paper
> give
> me blacker blacks than EAM? EAM is so cheap and the results usually
> so
> nice that I'd hate to have to use a much more expensive paper but
> would for those images which are prominent with darker black areas.
> Or
> perhaps it's a curve or levels adjustment issue?
> 
> Suggestions?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Richard
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> Speaking of hahnemuhle photo rag, I believe someone said that it's the
> same as royal renaissance on mediastreet.com?  Is this right?  Or
> anyone else have a suggested source at a good price?
>

> 
> At 10:36 AM 8/5/2002, Jerry wrote:
> >Richard, yes, the royal renaissance is the same as photo rag #308. Royal
> >Riviera is heavily textured, but also gives a very deep black. So does
> >wells river, but it flakes a lot.
> 
> Do you know what the other Royal papers are? I've been using Royal Plush
> and I really like it, with the Gen5 inks as well as the MIS-VM inks (which
> I now finally have working on my "brand new" refurbished 1270).
> 
> Stan
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