Digital BW, The Print

Harvey,

I have to disagree with you on this one. Just put a drop of pigment 
ink on a piece of paper and watch it bleed out from the contact 
point. Paper is an open lattice of fibers and if the pigment 
particles are smaller that the openings in the lattice they will be 
pulled into the paper along with the liquid carrier by surface 
tension.

This is what the all the coatings for inkjet papers are about, an 
attempt to control that flow of ink into and onto the paper. If the 
papers are uncoated the tiny droplets tend to bleed and you lose 
sharpness. With too much coating or a plastic coated paper and the 
ink does just sit there on top looking bad.

The amount of ink penetration into the paper verses the amount 
sitting on the surface verses the amount interacting with the coating 
determines the many different characteristics and appearances of all 
these papers.

Martin

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., SKID Photography 
<skid@b...> wrote:
> Martin Wesley wrote:
> 
> > Sadly to say, pigmented B&W inks and glossy papers don't mix well.
> > The papers do not absorb the ink and it sits on the surface 
causing
> > the problems you mention.
> 
> <snip>
> 
> Pigment inks *never* absorbs into *any* paper.  They are made to 
sit on the surface.  The problem with pigment
> inks on glossy paper is that the inks are matte and these matte 
inks sit on surface of the glossy papers and
> look odd.
> 
> Harvey Ferdschneider
> partner, SKID Photography, NYC
> 
> 
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