Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/08/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Very interesting. I have an unopened box of Smooth Perl sitting next to the printer, and my C86 is currently setup with a PK for glossy printing on the Kirkland paper. I'll crack open the box of Smooth Perl soon and take a peek for myself. Thanks for the heads up. Scott Jim Hemenway wrote: > I haven't seen that magenta cast with the Ilford Smooth Pearl paper on > prints made on my 2200. Has anyone else seen it or is it peculiar to > the C86? > > Jim > > Robert Meier wrote: > >> It isn't metamerism I've seen in the MIS prints from the C86. The >> prints are quite neutral in tone and that doesn't change with the >> viewing light. What I have seen is a reflection off the prints made >> on Ilford Pearl paper that has a bit of a magenta to bluish cast. >> This is the reflection off the Pearl surface, not the image >> itself. And I've only seen it with the Pearl paper, but I really >> like the Pearl paper (I've used it in its original wet version for a >> long time), and I wish it weren't there. (It isn't there in the wet >> version Pearl prints.) > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information