Digital BW, The Print

I happened to be doing virtually the same experiment with my 2200
this weekend, using 30 or so different watercolor/matte papers I 
harvested out of three different sampler packs. I printed the 
same image on them all, using Carl Schofield's suggested settings 
(I'm pre-profile, just like you) and hung them up in my livingroom 
to compare them. In fact, my main point was to be able to pick a
paper to profile that I knew I would stick with, and I didn't think 
I could do that unless I knew what I was missing. What an education!

I got almost identical results on EAM and PhotoRag, and those were
the two best of the set (Legion Photo Matte was good, too.) I got
very slight color cast differences between EAM and Photorag which
I attributed to my lack of profiling, but it was nothing terribly
disturbing, both were quite neutral.

However, EAM did edge out the PhotoRag in deep blacks, though maybe
with a profile that wouldn't have happened. I haven't tried the
Satine.

david

 





--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "chipcarterdc" 
<chipcarterdc@h...> wrote:
>...  I recently ordered 2 sample sheets 
> of Photo Rag to try out -- after reading all the glowing reports on 
> it here and elsewhere, I though I'd give it a shot...
>