Digital BW, The Print

>When printing BO on Kirkland, does MIS PK bronze?

Yes, there is a little -- but much less than a full inkset like the C86 EZ.
So, on the Costco paper, already on the low end of the bronzing scale, it's
really quite nice right out of the printer.  (Then again when sprayed it
seems to be holding a 2.53 dmax with PKN3.)  

The pattern of bronzing is also different with BO printing than with a full
inkset.  The bronze builds up slowly as the density builds up.  Then it
drops off at the very dark end.  The total effect is less bronzing on all
the papers I've tried.  

>Any chance of this being a replacement for the standard PK?

Yes, but I think there may be a place for both.  People printing warm tones
won't want cool shadows any more than those of us who like neutral or cool
wanting warm shadows.  I don't think shadow crossovers help any print.

>The only problem I have with BO is, my C86 always leaves bands when 
>I print BO. Whether high speed is on or off.

That's true with mine too.  I think the 1280 is the lowest level printer BO
starts to look OK.  I think the 2200 with PKN3 might be the machine will
really benefit from this PKN3 and the BO quality.  I'm not sure what it'll
due to the color profiles, but the PKN3 BO glossies might be very serious
contenders.

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com