Digital BW, The Print

Using this paper with the K3 inks, as i mentioned in the my initial post about this, there is 
no bronzing.  BUT you must use all three shades of black.   If you use the Imageprint 
Phatte black system, or the epson 4000 or any printer with only two blacks, you get 
bronzing.  (can always be sprayed with Premier Art spray) 

Using the epson driver, advanced black and white mode, on my 7800 or my 2400, the 
prints are really wonderful too.  They don't "sit" on top of the paper and do have a real 
"depth" to them, as my selenium toned darkroom prints did.  The Crane silver rag paper 
tone is very nice--not too yellow but just a soft white.  I've been making some prints 
pushing the shadow areas waaay down deep and I still get good shadow detial separation.  
Eleanor



-- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "bobbysandstrom" 
<bobbysandstrom@s...> wrote:
>
> In my humble opinion, here's my take on the paper at this stage. It proves that you can 
> achieve the same "Depth" with an inkjet print as you can with a traditional air dried fiber 
> glossy print. This is coming from an ABSOLUTE STICKLER when it comes to that sort of 
thing. 
> You feel the image is "in" and not "on" the paper just like a traditional fiber print. There's 
a 
> wonderful glow and 3-D quality to it. I get excited thinking of what the near future is 
certain 
> to bring. I believe we'll see papers that will not only match the quality of a traditional 
print 
> but exceed it! However, at this stage, it's aaalllmmmosssttt there. This original paper 
has a 
> sort of cream base but I'm sure it will eventually be delivered in a variety of flavors. I 
want to 
> qualify the fact that I have no profiles for the paper. That said, I chose the premium 
luster 
> paper type with the epson driver on the 4800 and got some purplish/mageta kind of 
cast 
> when viewed in daylight at an angle. The IP profiles might very well eliminate that. Also, 
the 
> paper has a sort of luster sparkle when viewed at an angle. However when adjusted 
slightly 
> back to straight on you can see a nice texture to the paper. I wish the luster sparkle 
wasn't 
> there. Being that I only made a few prints, I can't go into more detail than that. I will say 
that 
> viewing straight on the paper is a "Dream Come True. So, in closing, it's proof the future 
of 
> digital printing is a bright one indeed.
>