Digital BW, The Print

> You get get stronger black using the photo lack ink on resin coated 
> papers, but that introduces bronzing problems and a very warm tone.

I use ImagePrint on Epson Semi-Matte, and there is no problem of a warm tone (i.e., with 
Ulttrachrome inks). In any case, the ImagePrint Tint Picker facility allows "toning" in fairly 
wide range, also split-toning (IP6). 

However, there is still a bronzing problem which largely disappears by waxing with 
Renaissance Wax -- I suppose that spraying with PrintGuard or similar spays has a similar 
effect, but I haven't been able to try this because these products are not available here.

But my current solution to bronzing is to laminate the prints: I have the prints hot 
laminated with 2-3 coats (glossy surface), which inceases the Dmax and saturation 
substantially -- and no one can tell these are not silver prints. Indeed, the look is that of 
face-mounted prints on acrylic (plexiglass). Here in Bangkok it costs me only $10 to have 
24x36 inch print hot laminated (by hand) and mounted on MDF with a one-inch frame 
behind it, but in the states and Europe, the cost for similar might be around $200. But you 
can cold laminate on a press quite inexpensively, I believe.

--Mitch/Bangkok