Digital BW, The Print

I've been playing with the 7500 again today and have a few observations that
might be useful.

First, I unchecked the "High Speed" box in the driver.  It substantially
smoothed out some roughness I had.

Second, the Watercolor paper setting is giving me a 1.69 dmax with EEM and
MIS high-load matte black (like Museum black).  (By the way, I have a Museum
black 220 universal cart I'll sell for below cost.)  The second best dmax
appears to be with the Photo Glossy paper setting -- 1.65.

Third, I have persistent micro-banding with radical partitioning curves.  It
did not show up with the OEM inks, and it appears to be less with more mild
curves.

Does anyone know if the shaking of the Epson stand has any effect on the
print quality?

I will probably load the new MIS UC-clone-based vm into the machine in a
week or so.  The original vm worked well in 7000 and 9000 printers, so I
assume it'll be fine in the 7500 -- we'll see.  The MIS UC-clone inks are
excellent for midtones.  The warm end is not quite sepia, but better than
the old vm inkset, and it'll still go plenty cold.

In the meantime, I'm seeing whether the dual-k vms will work if I
re-formulate it to get rid of the weak diluted Epson Arc black.

Paul
http://www.PaulRoark.com