Digital BW, The Print

On 9/20/02 12:43 PM, "Bill Agee" <billagee@...> wrote:

> Ready to dive into a new printer...
> 
> There seems to be a divergence of opinion I noticed about papers that
> work well with the new Epson Printers and UltraChrome inks.
> 
> Seems I remember seeing someone...or maybe more than one post
> saying... that Photo Rag...my favorite paper... did not fare well
> with these inks.
> 
> Could someone enlighten me on this?

Antonis found that photorag only got a 1.63 dmax with the ultrachromes using
the epson driver...incomparison to a 1.73 dmax for EAM.  Traditionally there
was the opposite pattern with photorag performing better.  1.63 is less
black than MIS FS inks get with photorag (around 1.7).  The big mystery at
this point is how somerset enhanced (or the new epson somerset velvet)
performs...this may be the best hope for a good rag paper with the
ultrachromes.

Robert