Digital BW, The Print

Hi Jerry:

After lots of proves here comes what I like best until now on Epson 
1290 with original Epson Inks:

Epson Premium Semigloss Paper.(It's a beatiful paper, nice tonal 
transition, not so much reflection, as you said it feels like a 
pearl RC paper).

Settings:

I downloaded the BRONZE Duotone from: 
http://home.attbi.com/~suryasoft/photos/bronze.htm

So I go from Grayscale to this duotone. 
Photoshop Color Managment is:
Document: Duotone
Print Space: Printer Color Managment
Intent: Perceptual
Epson Driver settings
Paper: premium Glossy
Output: 2880 dpi
Epson Calibration,Photorealistic, -5Magenta,-1 Yellow

With this settings I get a slight warm-magenta print under Tungsten 
light and a slight green-neutral under daylight.

If I print with all color adjustments to 0 or if I leave photoshop 
to color manage with Epson Premium Glossy Profile. Epson driver no 
color adjustment on, then I get a sepia-magenta print under tungsten 
and a very nice light brown sepia under daylight. 

Finally I am starting to get on a workflow that it's not perfect but 
I think I like it. If Epson inks where not suffering from metamerism 
I will never enter a lab again but this point is not resolved yet. 

Only black is ok but when you see the print against other that used 
all 6 inks then you say ahaaaa.....much better....

On Matte papers the grain just explodes. There is not enough detail 
if you compare to semi or gloss film. I shoot on a Fuji S2 wich I 
like a lot so far with it's obvious limitations agains my favourite 
Tri-X. I guess that if you shoot with MF or bigger that EAM will be 
great. I just see too much difference in resolution and smooth 
transitions between EAM and SGloss. Matter of personal taste.

But the big dissapointment to me has been MIS Quadtones. I even 
think that succ a poor quality is not possible and that or I was 
doing something wrong, or the inks where defective or they are the 
way they are. The prints I got out with Mis VM where ugly. But as so 
many people are getting great results I think the weak point of the 
chain must be on my side.

Anyways I just love the challenge and to get from dissapointment to 
happines when you get closer to your goals. We have such a great 
profession (or hobby).

Best regards 

> Cristian,
> 
> I believe the photo lustre paper from epson and their inks make a 
print
> indistinguishable from RC photo paper. But I really dislike that 
look,
> myself. Try the Generations 4 Enhanced Black ink. It's the 
blackest ink
> on the market, and rated by wilhelm to 100+ years, according to 
Media
> Streets website.
> 
> Jerry