Hi again
Actually I made some tests with cRed River Polar Matte, Hahnemühle Photo Rag, Epson Cold Press and Epson Ultra Premium Presentation Paper.
What I've found : Epson Ultra Presentation Paper gives a really mushy dMax. Blacks tend to block easily. Better dMax with Red River but the OBA stuff is boosting the thing I think.
In between the Cold Press (Hot Press should be the same) and Photo Rag, it looks like there are even. Very good dMax for matte papers but the Hahnemühle is much more expensive.
Although the Cold Press is not recommended for the 1430, a little push at loading and everything is fine.
I've hit a point where I can stay with the Epson Cold Press; my prints look great and I don't want to test everything tha's on the market. If I ever read something about a paper that gets dMax a smooth transition, sure I'll give it a try but… being in Canada, some papers are a bit hard to get.
Good luck
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From: jacques.caron@...
Date: 21 Nov 2013 05:37:14 -0800
To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: RE: [Digital BW] Epson 1430
Hi Got a new 1430 directly from Epson, using a rebate offered by the manufacturer, for 269$. I'm in Canada. As for Eb6, I started the new printer with a kit sold by InkSupply (this printer never printed a colour picture, I still have the original inks un packed). Bought both QTrip and QTR Print Tool (I'm on a Mac platform, and it is much easier to work with), printing is great, I'm having fun and the results are great. My two bits, check your choice of paper; cheap papers will make bad prints. Good luck
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