Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Roark" 
<paul.roark@v...> wrote:
> The Ilford Classic is for dyes.  It will probably not dry.  The 
Smooth is
> what we need for pigments.
> 

Paul,

I have been playing around with UC inks on my 4000 and the Ilford 
Classic papers (designed for dyes - swellable polymer).  You are 
absolutely right that straight out of the printer they are indeed 
very easy to smear.  But given an hour or so, they are dry.  Their 
behaviour is exactly the same as dye inks (ala 1280).  The newer HP 
Prememium Plus papers are also sweaable polymer types, but nice and 
thick at 11.5 mils, and they behave the same as Ilford Classic and 
Epson Colorlife.  These papers definitely bronze less than micro-
ceramic papers.  Too bad they are no water proof.

Shilesh