Digital BW, The Print

Never heard of your printer ink combo having a "Sketch" quality.  Your
prints should look photographic, with improved highlight detail, shadow
detail, and sharpness over a darkroom print. Perhaps one or more of your
settings is wrong.

Jerry



"foodfeak " wrote:
> 
> Hi
> Just looking for some information. I have recently bought myself an
> Epson 1160 printer with MIS FS-N ink set and PiezographyBW. I am
> really impressed - I think !! The pictures seem to have a real sketch
> quality, some more than others. I have been using Epson archival matt
> and Hahnemuhle "Photo Rag" papers. The achieved tones are brilliant
> and pictures are very sharp, but very graphite-y. Is this sketch-like
> quality down to my Black and White conversion and subject matter, or
> is this just the nature of the beast? I'm not saying it's not
> attractive, but I showed it to a friend today who's a real dark-room
> officionado, and he was well impressed, but without me even
> mentioning the sketch quality, he made the same observation
> (admittedly, he's not used to such a flat matt look). Is it worth
> trying any other paper to get that 'dark-room' look, bearing in mind
> that with these inks I can't use glossy paper?  Or change my
> technique? Or do I learn to love this quality?
> Thanks for any suggestions.
> Regards
> Kirk
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