Digital BW, The Print

"mcrib13" <edmondkim13@...> wrote:
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> Oddly, the 1100-Eb4-PaSmBW-1-rgb profile gave me the most accurate prints, though the blacks blocked up more quickly. I think it's because the curve was the flattest?
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Try one of the  "sequential" curves sets.  It sounds like the curve needs to stop at 91 to hit the dmax and not overload the paper.

Profiles are paper specific.  So,  I try to, ultimately, set up profiles for  the most popular papers.  Then hopefully the underlying curves will be with linearization distance of being OK.



> I have some RR Aurora natural and RR premium matte double sided ordered, ...

Those will print about as warm as the Epson paper.  If you want more neutral, be sure to try the Premier Art Smooth BW and the Epson Hot Press  papers.

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> I love this printer so far. My first "good" epson printer was the epson 2200, and it was $700 I think. I thought the build quality of the 1100 would be worse, but it wasn't! It's amazing that it is so inexpensive.


I agree.  I really appreciate the high speed text printing.  I do  a fair amount of that, so the 1100 is my default office printer.  It's rather amazing that a cheap printer ($130 when on sale) can be both the fastest text printer of all the inkjets I've had, but also capable of outstanding 100% Eboni carbon pigment fine art prints.  

> And let's not talk about my $35 CISS. This creates an amazing system. 

With your CIS, you'll want to agitate the inks about once a week.  The ink in the carts gets agitated continuously.  The CIS tanks, however, do need weekly agitation to have the most even output.

Be sure you're getting a perfect nozzle check. 

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com