Digital BW, The Print

Hi folks,

Just in case you're wondering, I managed to find a new workflow to 
printing glossy RC black and white prints using the Epson C80 (and 
presumably the Epson 2200 and 2000P too) using the Durabrite inks. I 
used Ilford Galerie Smooth Pearl paper and set the following:

Type of paper: Epson Premium Glossy Paper
Type of ink: Black ink only
PhotoEnhance4
Tone -> Vivid

Surprisingly I had trouble printing black ink only prints onto Epson 
Glossy Paper because the black ink would scuff off easily with one 
wipe of the tissue. When I tested the Ilford there was hardly any 
scuffing and the harder I rubbed I only reduced the gloss on the 
surface of the print without smudging.

I suspect the polymer resin of the Ilford is superior to that of the 
Epson and this is too exciting because duplicating a RC print on an 
inkjet using pigment inks (not dye based which is easy enough to do) 
had been a challenge. So there lieth the perfect RC BW paper?

AW

> Type of paper: Epson Premium Glossy Paper
> Type of ink: Black ink only
> PhotoEnhance4
> Tone -> Vivid
> 
I might retry using the Heavyweight Matte setting for type of print. 
(I do see a faint trace of other non-black colors in the print)... 
perhaps this may change up the formula and hopefully the print will 
not scuff at all?