Digital BW, The Print

Dear Paul,

When I started using this paper it was made in Switzerland and then I 
was only printing color. In the last couple of years this paper has been 
made in Mexico. As to consistency it seems to be very consistent.

For color I am using a 2880 with ConeColor inks and a custom profile. 
For B&W I am using MIS R2xxN and R2xxW inks in a tri-tone setup on a 
well used R220 where the PK is always the Neutral ink and the LK and LLK 
are either Warm or Neutral depending on the warm or neutral tone 
desired. Using 100% neutral inks makes a print that is, for me, a bit 
lifeless. Usually I print in split tone setting of 75% neutral and 25% 
Warm using QTR. Going 100% Warm (I presume that this is the 100% carbon) 
makes the very warm print about which I was talking.

If I use a paper such as Inkpress glossy for B&W the result is much more 
neutral in both the 75-25% split or the 100% Warm.

I do quite a few 4 x 6 prints on an Epson Picturemate pigment printer 
and have noticed that in the last couple of years the OEM4 x 6 paper is 
now RC and difficult or impossible to tell from the Costco RC.

Cheers

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On 11/25/2011 8:29 PM, Paul wrote:
>
> William Harvey <will@...> wrote:
> >
> >
> > I have used this paper (from Costco at about 14 or 15
> > cents a sheet!!!) for a number of years. ...
>
> > prints warm, as in Brovira, with 100% carbon pigment ink.
>
> Which carbon ink are you using?
>
> I had the impression when we were discussing this paper several years 
> ago that Costco would occasionally switch suppliers with little notice 
> of any such change in the packaging. So, I was wondering how you've 
> found the consistency of the paper over the years.
>
> (As an aside, I once received a box where the paper had the Epson name 
> on the back. The Costco buyer was surprised; that should not have 
> happened.)
>
> Paul
> www.PaulRoark.com
>
> 


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