Digital BW, The Print

This was on the MIS site today:

Mar 2, 2003 - Eboni Black Ink Released
We have developed a better archival black ink. It has a Dmax of 
1.72 on Epson Archival Matte, and shows no signs of fading or 
shifting after 600 hours in our Miami Sun Chamber (Atlas 
Weather -O-Meter). To learn more about Eboni, visit our 
Quadtone page. Scroll down until you see the Black Ink Update. 

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Could this be the first piece of the new clone set? Exciting.

Jeff

Hi,

I was wondering about the way the Epson photo black ink sits on Glossy paper
printed with the 2200. I've had great results printing on photorag with mat
ink, however the photo ink very noticeably sits on the surface (visually) of
the glossy paper. If you turn the paper into the light a bit you can really
see relief patterns. Very distracting. I'm assuming this is because of the
pigment inks, it never happened with the Epson 1200.

My Question is if there is any Semi gloss, semi-matt or gloss papers out
there that does not display this phenomenon when printed with the photo
black inks. I've tested all the Epson papers. Anyone tried other papers with
different results? Ilford? Pictorico?



Lorne Resnick




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--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Lorne Resnick <Lorne@l...> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I was wondering about the way the Epson photo black ink sits on Glossy paper
> printed with the 2200. I've had great results printing on photorag with mat
> ink, however the photo ink very noticeably sits on the surface (visually) of
> the glossy paper. If you turn the paper into the light a bit you can really
> see relief patterns. Very distracting. I'm assuming this is because of the
> pigment inks, it never happened with the Epson 1200.
> 
> My Question is if there is any Semi gloss, semi-matt or gloss papers out
> there that does not display this phenomenon when printed with the photo
> black inks. I've tested all the Epson papers. Anyone tried other papers with
> different results? Ilford? Pictorico?

No bronzing with the Pictorico Photo Gallery Glossy and White film and very minimal with the Dualside and Ilford Smooth Pearl.