Digital BW, The Print

Breathing Color Chromata White. You can even use PK if you don't want 
to switch out the black inks (assuming you're using PK already). 

http://www.breathingcolor.com/bc/catalog/index.php?cPath=303

I'm using a 4800 w/PK and coating the prints with a couple of the 
Golden products.

Scott

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "tzinzunzan2006" 
<tzinzunzan2006@...> wrote:
>
> Any suggestions for good matte canvas?
> 
> Chris Hargens
> 
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, CDTobie@ wrote:
> >
> > 
> > In a message dated 11/27/06 2:31:35 PM, paul.roark@ writes:
> > 
> > 
> > > > Assuming that $$$ is not the reason, why would one ever choose
> > > > to print on matte paper?
> > > 
> > > Lack of reflections is one reason.  Sometimes people talk about
> being able
> > > to "see into" a matte print.  (What I like to see in a good B&W
> print is a
> > > window to a B&W reality, not a piece of paper.)  I think this
> translates
> > > into lack of reflections that distract from the image. (Of 
course,
> if one
> > > uses glass, that introduces reflections there also. 
> > > 
> > 
> > Which is one reason I am moving more and more to matte canvas
> instead of 
> > matte art paper: it doesn't require glazing. This reduces 
reflection
> issues, but 
> > also makes larger sizes more practical, since an image can be
> stretched to 
> > size, without inflation for the mat size, and glazing with its
> issues of breakage 
> > (glass) or scratching and high cost (plexi). Plus frames can be 
much
> lighter, 
> > if used at all, on canvasses. This wasn't of interest to me as 
long
> as canvas 
> > was a slick, artificial surface with limited longevity. But the 
new
> matte 
> > canvasses are longlived, beautifully textured, and offer d-max and
> detail that 
> > nearly matches art paper; PLUS: they look great with B&W images,
> which slick 
> > canvasses do NOT.
> > 
> > So even if my matte art paper prints are a bit nicer to hold, once
> finished, 
> > they are lost behind glass and matte, while the canvas prints 
are...
> still the 
> > canvas. Kind of like a piece of furniture with an oil finish, 
where
> the wood 
> > is still at the surface, versus one with a Urethane finish, where
> the wood is 
> > some distance back from the clear coat at the surface.
> > 
> > Lower costs, easier hanging, lighter shipping, freedom from 
breakage
> and 
> > scratching issues, more immediacy of the image... and no 
reflection
> issues.
> > 
> > C. David Tobie
> > Product Technology Manager
> > ColorVision Business Unit
> > Datacolor Inc.
> > CDTobie@
> > www.colorvision.com
> > 
> > 
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> >
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