Digital BW, The Print

I must have some compulsive obsessive disorder... I'm finally getting 
some very satisfying prints with FS using both piezo and John Woolf 
curves (right, why would one use both <g>)...and I'm getting fairly 
comfortable with Paul's psychedelic VM curves that make their own 
miracles... 

What I'm missing is the old neutral print on semi-gloss or semi-matte 
paper. I had trouble adjusting the Lyson Small Gamut to consistently 
make what I was trying to make (but that is probably my fault and I 
may just need to spend more time with the ink/paper combos).

Does anyone else like the "pearl" or semi-gloss print? What ink-paper 
combination are you using? 

Tom O'Connell

TomOC@...
www.thomasoconnell.com

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "tomoc" <tomoc@y...> wrote:
> I must have some compulsive obsessive disorder... I'm finally 
getting 
> some very satisfying prints with FS using both piezo and John Woolf 
> curves (right, why would one use both <g>)...and I'm getting fairly 
> comfortable with Paul's psychedelic VM curves that make their own 
> miracles... 
> 
> What I'm missing is the old neutral print on semi-gloss or semi-
matte 
> paper. I had trouble adjusting the Lyson Small Gamut to 
consistently 
> make what I was trying to make (but that is probably my fault and I 
> may just need to spend more time with the ink/paper combos).
> 
> Does anyone else like the "pearl" or semi-gloss print? What ink-
paper 
> combination are you using? 
> 
> Tom O'Connell
> 
> TomOC@y...
> www.thomasoconnell.com

Tom,
 
I am printing black and white portraits on Epson Semi Gloss Paper and 
MIS Premium Glossy Paper.  I am using a PC, an Epson 1280 , Photoshop 
6.0,  MIS VM inkset and Paul's curves (nc) and workflow.  I am a new 
user to this "system".  I like the look of these prints much better 
than any previous B & W prints I have made on the Epson 2000 or 1280 
printers with OEM inks.  I  like the look of the prints on both EP 
SGP and the MIS PGP.   I will also be trying Xtreme Gamut Pigment 
Glossy Paper for a comparison.  Overall, I have made about 25 8 x 10 
prints using the MIS inks and Paul's curves and feel that the results 
are good.  There does not appear to be any "dusting" or other 
problems with any of glossy or semi glossy prints after four days.  
 
Roger Marumoto

Thanks... I just put in an order for a small amount of the MIS 838 
glossy. Where did you find the Epson Semi Gloss?

Tom O'Connell

TomOC@...
www.thomasoconnell.com


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "aphotog2000" 
<rmarumoto@m...> wrote:
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "tomoc" <tomoc@y...> 
wrote:
> > I must have some compulsive obsessive disorder... I'm finally 
> getting 
> > some very satisfying prints with FS using both piezo and John 
Woolf 
> > curves (right, why would one use both <g>)...and I'm getting 
fairly 
> > comfortable with Paul's psychedelic VM curves that make their own 
> > miracles... 
> > 
> > What I'm missing is the old neutral print on semi-gloss or semi-
> matte 
> > paper. I had trouble adjusting the Lyson Small Gamut to 
> consistently 
> > make what I was trying to make (but that is probably my fault and 
I 
> > may just need to spend more time with the ink/paper combos).
> > 
> > Does anyone else like the "pearl" or semi-gloss print? What ink-
> paper 
> > combination are you using? 
> > 
> > Tom O'Connell
> > 
> > TomOC@y...
> > www.thomasoconnell.com
> 
> Tom,
>  
> I am printing black and white portraits on Epson Semi Gloss Paper 
and 
> MIS Premium Glossy Paper.  I am using a PC, an Epson 1280 , 
Photoshop 
> 6.0,  MIS VM inkset and Paul's curves (nc) and workflow.  I am a 
new 
> user to this "system".  I like the look of these prints much better 
> than any previous B & W prints I have made on the Epson 2000 or 
1280 
> printers with OEM inks.  I  like the look of the prints on both EP 
> SGP and the MIS PGP.   I will also be trying Xtreme Gamut Pigment 
> Glossy Paper for a comparison.  Overall, I have made about 25 8 x 
10 
> prints using the MIS inks and Paul's curves and feel that the 
results 

> are good.  There does not appear to be any "dusting" or other 
> problems with any of glossy or semi glossy prints after four days.  
>  
> Roger Marumoto