Digital BW, The Print

I (and others) have previously posted that Silver Rag does not work 
well with the UC inkset of the 2200, 4000, 7600, etc. printers - too 
much bronzing and glosss differential.

I just tried BO printing with a 4000 PK ink on a sheet of the Silver 
Rag beta paper. Hmm, superb. It has some minor GD and brozing, perhaps 
similar to BO printing on Kirkland paper. But what print presence! I 
was never a traditional darkroom printer, so I cannot give you any 
equivalent. All I can say is that if you like warm side of neutral 
prints, Silver Rag with UC PK is pretty spectacular. It is easily 
rivals some of my best prints; technically, i.e.

Shilesh

Hello Shilesh,

>I just tried BO printing with a 4000 PK ink on a sheet of the Silver 
>Rag beta paper. Hmm, superb. It has some minor GD and brozing, 
>perhaps similar to BO printing on Kirkland paper. But what print 
>presence! I was never a traditional darkroom printer, so I cannot 
>give you any equivalent. All I can say is that if you like warm side 
>of neutral prints, Silver Rag with UC PK is pretty spectacular. It 
>easily rivals some of my best prints; technically, i.e.

Interesting report, thanks.  What part of the print is showing GD - is
it along borders between large density differences?  Or in particular
zones?  And how about the bronzing - is it only in areas of certain
densities?

Regards,
Clayton


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