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Broncing/ Gloss effects / weak blacks with MIS Eboni?

Broncing/ Gloss effects / weak blacks with MIS Eboni?

2008-02-11 by frankbickelmeyer

Now i have made my very first full carbon prints with MIS eboni (Black 
Only) on Brilliant Museum Satin Matte (this paper is like the 
hahnem�hle photorag).
The results of my printing are quiet nice but i get some broncing / 
different gloss effects in the black areas of the prints using the 
Eboni ink and the blacks could be deeper. Is broncing a typical problem 
of pure carbon printing on cotton matte papers? Is there any workaround 
for this? When i do BO printing with a cheap 3rd party dye ink i have 
no broncing effects at all and the blacks seems to be deeper. But i 
know these inks are not archival. It�s interesting to me that the 
grainyness with the cheap ink is much more a matter than with the Eboni.

Sometimes i want to have just the best from both sides. But it might be 
impossible and i still have to make compromises?

Re: Broncing/ Gloss effects / weak blacks with MIS Eboni?

2008-02-12 by frankbickelmeyer

In addition to what i wrote earlier i have realized that the prints 
have a greenish touch. So again my question: is there any workaround 
to avoid broncing/ different gloss effects, weak blacks and this 
greenish thing using the MIS Eboni?
Thank you,

Frank

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DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "frankbickelmeyer" 
<bickelmeyer@...> wrote:
>
> Now i have made my very first full carbon prints with MIS eboni 
(Black 
> Only) on Brilliant Museum Satin Matte (this paper is like the 
> hahnemühle photorag).
> The results of my printing are quiet nice but i get some broncing / 
> different gloss effects in the black areas of the prints using the 
> Eboni ink and the blacks could be deeper. Is broncing a typical 
problem 
> of pure carbon printing on cotton matte papers? Is there any 
workaround 
> for this? When i do BO printing with a cheap 3rd party dye ink i 
have 
> no broncing effects at all and the blacks seems to be deeper. But i 
> know these inks are not archival. It´s interesting to me that the 
> grainyness with the cheap ink is much more a matter than with the 
Eboni.
> 
> Sometimes i want to have just the best from both sides. But it 
might be 
> impossible and i still have to make compromises?
>

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