Digital BW, The Print

Don't put them behind glass...or worse yet, cheap glass.


> From: Shilesh Jani <shileshjani@...>
> Reply-To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2006 20:26:11 -0000
> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: [Digital BW] Re: Printing On Gloss...Possible with Digital B&W?
> 
> Steve,
> 
> Thanks a lot - you've just ruined the "feel-good" I was having!
> 
> How's it going? Haven't seen you in a print exchange in a while.
> Would love to see more of the Florida Swampland and the Greek Isles.
> 
> Shilesh
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Steven
> Karafyllakis" <steve@s...> wrote:
>> 
>> Matte paper might well be reflectionless held in your hand, with no
>> glass-but if you put a silver gel print, a semi-matte inkjet print
>> and a matte inkjet print under glass and hang them on the wall,
> they 
>> all become equally reflective, since you are now looking at the
>> reflections of the glass. The factors that do not get equalized are
>> the more important ones-the tonal range and dmax of the FB print,
>> the better dmax and shadow detail retention of the semi-matte
>> inkjet. So I for one (since we seem to be conducting another
>> impromptu poll) am not ready to write of the FB look and
> advantages. 
>> I've said it before, I'll say it again: I want it all.
>> 
>>  my 2c worth
>> 
>> Steven Karafyllakis
>>