Digital BW, The Print

Just which Arches paper are you trying to print on?

 

Eric Neilsen

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From: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of David
Kachel
Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2013 8:52 PM
To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Re: grainy appearance on watercolor papers

 

  

"the light inks actually go much farther down the scale than might seem
obvious, and they are running at very high percentages in those values.
I'm afraid I don't have enough experience messing with the OEM RGB driver to
tell you specific setting to try. I've done enough to know that at the
lowest ink settings, plain paper in the printer I tested, Arches did not
mottle or bleed, but was also weak from too little density. We found a good
compromise, it may have been enhanced matte, or the watercolor radiant white
(name just a coincidence), and with a good custom profile did fairly well.
It was not for hot press though, which will show the mottle more clearly."

I should provide still more information. (I forget that other people are not
after what I am after.)
My images are monochrome, but I use the Epson color inks to give the image a
heavy brown tone. (Make that, HEAVY!)
I have only played with QTR in the past and then, only with straight B&W
prints, not colored tones and not color inks. I don't even know: can QTR be
used to print color images with Epson's inks? Or is it designed only to
print B&W images with those inks?

David Kachel

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