The 12KP4A has a gray faceplate.
You left a key part out the 12KP4 description "...a reflective metal-backed screen which prevents ion spot blemishes..." That's the aluminized coating that prevents the ion spots.
That being said, I've read mixed reports about the 12KP4 using an ion trap.
All I can say for sure is that have an unmarked aluminized CRT the seller claimed was a 12KP4 and it definitely needs a single pole ion trap magnet to function.
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