Digital BW, The Print

Walt,

The Harman gloss is more than I would prefer and with larger sheets,  
the relatively low basis weight makes it sensitive to kinking.  I've  
had no QC problems with the Ilford Gold Silk in both sheets and  
rolls.  Both bronzing and GD are definite problems with the Ilford  
and K3 inks, but with Paul's new 3MK-PK workflow neither are a  
problem for B&W printing.

Carl


On Feb 13, 2008, at 12:52 PM, wwodets wrote:

> Carl and Gabriel-
>
> Carl,
>
> What is it you didn't like about the Harman?  With the Ilford I found
> such bad quality control (mostly surface scratching) that I gave up
> on it.  I liked the surface though, because it is smooth and not at
> all glossy.  On the other hand, the gloss differential in highlights
> was quite obvious because the k3 inks are quite glossy.  The gloss
> differential with the Harman is minimal.
>
> Gabriel,
>
> I am still awaiting my first box of 17 x 25, and I'm not likely to
> print larger than that.  I was not aware it was available in rolls,
> but I imagine it would be a curling problem.  It has very much the
> stiffness of a gelatin paper.
>
> Walt
>
>
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Gabriel Valansi
> <gvalansi@...> wrote:
>>
>> Hey Walt: did you try to print B/W on the Harman in big sizes
> (beyond
>> 17x22�)? IT is available in rolls?
>>
>>
>>
>> El 12/2/08 18:56, "wwodets" <odets@...> escribi�:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Gabriel-
>>>
>>> I'm with you on the HM Baryta.  The whole surface glitters and
> sparkles
>>> under the light, and is particularly bad in high density areas.
> These
>>> look like someone sprayed black vinyl onto the paper.  I can't
>>> understand why they did this.  The Epson EFB has some of this,
> but much
>>> less and is acceptable to me, though not my favorite.  The Harman
>>> surface (with K3 inks) is a bit glossier than I'd like but the
> surface
>>> is very natural and convincing and the inks are beautiful on it.
> No
>>> glitter at all and not quite a glossy "air-dried," but something
> very
>>> good, convincing and honest in itself.  It shows a photograph
>>> beautifully.
>>>
>>> Walt
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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