Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., Robert Morrison 
<rmorrison@p...> wrote:
> Personally I think Epson's greed, once again, will be their 
problem.  They
> have created an inkset that works great with a couple of their 
papers (Epson
> Premium Gloss, Epson Premium Luster, Epson Enhanced 
Matte), and not well at
> all with the vast majority of other papers out there.


Honestly, I really don't think it's Epson's "greed"; I think this is just 
where we are in this evolution of these inks and printers. 

I agree that you could say that the 22/76/96 really nails it for 
Luster or any paper that prints with PhotoBlack instead of 
MatteBlack. Epson should also be given credit for the seventh ink 
to address metamerism.

Probably, truth be known, the matte paper market is probably a 
tiny fraction compared to the Luster/Gloss/SemiGloss market. 
Maybe in the next go-round, they'll deal with the matte blacks. For 
me, I'm happy with what I've got. Yes, it could probably be better; I 
just make a habit of never looking at my old MIS dye prints from 
the 7000; that usually takes care of it.

I'm a "coater" kinda guy, so I'm very curious to see what Robert's 
come up with. Even my homebrew OleoPasto helps the blacks a 
great deal. I could continue with that and be happy, but I want to 
see Robert's version, so I can tell people that I coat my prints 
with "a Mayer rod"; I'll kinda raise one eyebrow when I say that, 
and then give a sniff.

MT, http://marktucker.com/