Digital BW, The Print

In a message dated 7/24/2005 7:18:58 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com writes:

a friend  had his 9600 UC color prints laminated, and they
look like  Cibachromes.  In Gallery Los Olivos, that is what the  somewhat
educated viewers seem to assume if they don't know what the actual  process
is.  What surprised me is that the photographer (John  Fitzpatrick) had the
laminating done at Kinkos, and while it is not my  style, the prints look
really good.  




I laminate all my glossy prints, I even used a few of them as umbrellas  from 
my car to the house the last time it was pouring rain. They wiped right  off. 
What could be better than a thin, inert, glossy encapsulant to protect the  
ink and paper for long and short term?
 
The prints DO look like Cibachromes and I DO charge a premium for them that  
way....I have a GBC Eagle laminator and use their thinnest/cheapest material  
(1.7 mil).
 
Claude


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I prefer to use the PK ink on glossy-type paper (Epson Semi-Matte) because the blacks are 
deeper; but the problem is gloss differential, bronzing (espacially on b&w prints) and a 
"veiled" look to the blacks, as well as the delicate surface of the print which is very easy to 
scratch. The solution to all these problems in lamination: the prints not only gain in 
saturation but the blacks are deeper; bronzing and gloss differential disappear; and the print 
surface is much tougher. Indeed, I wouldn't try to sell an Ultrachrome ink print on Semi-
Matte without lamination. Once the print is laminated it can be framed without glass, which I 
think is an advantage.

--Mitch/Bangkok