Digital BW, The Print

> I'm less and less inclined to get into differences of opinion on the
> internet these days, but with this I'll make an exception. The
> announcement of this review has been cross posted on every Epson
> related list I am on, that and the fact that my tests with the paper
> were less than stunning move me to respond.
> Considering the high price of this stuff, some alternate views are
> needed...
> snip
> 
> Tyler
> 
Hi Tyler:

Thank you for your comments from personal experience.   I think I covered 
some of the shortcomings you mentioned by ink laydown in the shadow areas, and I 
saw them primarily with the textured 355gsm version with a heavy ink load. 
Harald's prints on a 1280 with OEM dyes didn't exhibit any pizza wheels, and I 
tested the Ultrachromes on a 7600 so I only had the roller mark problem when 
trying to print the back of the sheet, which I mentioned in the review.

I also didn't print with any quadtones, but the Ultrachrome OEM's through 
Imageprint's BW profiles rendered very nicely to my eye, as did black ink only 
printing.

The cost is of course an issue, but the 17x22 pricing wasn't bad in my 
opinion(about $6 street cost for the 230gsm sheets). 

All the best!

Andrew Darlow


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