Digital BW, The Print

Yea, the Premier Art adds to the dmax of glossy media and does a good
job of smoothing the gloss difference issues. It does a specially good
job with Silver Rag. Just wear a charcoal fileterd mask if you want to
keep your brain cells.

john



A spray gave a veiled look to 
> the print whether waxed on not.
> 
> Some caveats:
> These were pretty subjective tests judged with only my eyes and a 
> friend - we agreed on the results.  All were done on the same 
> printer using the same K3 set of ink cartridges with the PK black. 
> The differences between 1st, 2nd, and 3rd places are very small, 
> like barely noticable.  The same image was used for both tests, just 
> printed on the different papers using the same printer setting for 
> both.  The prints were evaluated on my desktop with a drafting light 
> that had both a florescent and incadesent bulbs operating. Maybe 
> using daylight would give different results.  I only had the 
> ClearJet Semigloss FA spray - they make a lot of other types of 
> sprays that may work better.  The semigloss kind of kills the 
> richness of both of the papers tested.
> 
> What I learned:
> For me, I will use Premier Print Shield spray with Silver Rag prints 
> and will wax Innova F Type Gloss Ultra Smooth prints with Rennesance 
> Wax.  I will use both papers, the innova has a white base whereas 
> the silver rag has more of a cream color base.  Both papers give 
> about the same tonal range with my printing scheme. Both make very 
> lovely images. I think the gloss differential issue is overblown for 
> framed work - you can't see it when framed behind museum glass.  It 
> may be visable when looking at prints held in the hand - it takes a 
> pretty acute viewing angle to see it on the uncoated section of the 
> print.
> 
> This is what worked for me with my setup and my eyes for evaluation -
>  I advise anyone interested to do their own testing to arrive at 
> their own results.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> TK
>