Digital BW, The Print

Thanks Paul!

The sequential curve worked beautifully with the epson presentation matte. No dip in the outputted curve, and final profile printed a nice step wedge with no blocked blacks.


> 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.
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> 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.
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> > I have some RR Aurora natural and RR premium matte double sided ordered, ...
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> 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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You sure are right about the warmth of the epson presentation matte. Feels as warm the epson K and LK only prints from my 7600. It's amazing that paper can affect the neutrality of the inks.


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> 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.  
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It never occurred to me use this printer to do text printing!! I have an aging laser printer I can finally retire. More room saved!


> 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.
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I've been somewhat obsessive about the agitation of the cis tanks. I try to give it a gentle shake whenever I walk by the printer, so about 4 times a day. hah. Could there be a downside to doing that? I hope not.