Digital BW, The Print

Hello Helen,

It's been so great reading everyone's impressions of this paper (I, too, hope they change 
the name...!), and your comments have been especially thorough and interesting.

One question, and this is probably a really obvious one, but I am just getting started with 
an Epson 2200 (bye bye Canon) that a friend who bought the R2400 gave me. When you 
mentioned at the bottom of this post that you were using K3 inks in your 2200, it threw 
me. Did I read that right? 


Sarah



--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "helen_bach2003" 
<helenbach@h...> wrote:
>
> I tried coating some Silver Rag (I do hope that they change the name)
> with Krystal Topkote in a second pass, The visible improvement was
> quite dramatic – possibly the biggest improvement that I've seen
> during the short period I've been testing Topkote. The D-Max increase
> of around 0.13 was plainly visible, as was the reduction in glare. As
> this is beta test paper, it may be that the surface properties of the
> paper I'm looking at are not the same as those that everyone else is
> looking at. 
> 
> Because I only got five sheets in total (hey, I'm grateful that they
> sent even five sheets to an obscure nobody like me) I couldn't do a
> full side-by-side coated/uncoated test to quantify the density change
> at different original densities. As with Epson Premium Glossy Photo,
> the only other paper that I have done any significant amount of
> Topkote testing on, the coating improved the shadow separation. Coated
> EPGP has a slightly higher D-Max than coated Silver Rag, but the
> coating narrowed the gap, and these results are, of course, just for
> my printer setup and they could change as I tweak the profiles to make
> the most of the coating.
> 
> When the four Silver Rag postcards that I had sent out were received,
> one postcard showed a little scratching/abrasion through to the paper
> base. I suspect that the Topkote will protect against that to some
> extent. Even uncoated, it is excellent postcard paper.
> 
> Original print: K3 PK, LK and LLK inks in a 2200, IJC/OPM
> Overcoat: Epson driver, Watercolor Radiant White setting, 720 dpi,
> High Speed
> 
> Best,
> Helen
>