Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Bill Morse 
<whm.lists@v...> wrote:
> Hi Tom-
> It¹s curious- for me, with QTR and VM inks in a 7000, EEM (and the 
other
> Epson papers I¹ve tried) is consistently .1 to .15 less than PR or 
WT.
> Don¹t know why...
> 
> Bill


Bill-

I just started trying QTR yesterday. In the past I've used FT and FTn 
and, more recently, Epson UCs on 2200 and 4000. The only paper I've 
ever seen with higher dmax than EEM of EAM is Velvet FA (the problems 
being huge amounts of chipping and flaking and limited sizes).

I'm now comparing QTR to Image Print output. I've only made a couple 
of prints but I'm impressed with QTR. The dead neutral seems perhaps 
more "pure" black (but "neutral" is a tricky concept). The dither 
looks (after a VERY quick inspection) somewhat different (not sure 
there is really a "better" in this).

IP has a different profile for each paper for at least 3 lighting 
conditions. I've settle on just using the DAYLIGHT one for everything 
but will be interested in seeing what QTR looks like agaist the IP 
prints in similar conditions.

Long answer to your question...sorry.

Have you tried adding a LITTLE warm tweak to your VM setting? Even if 
the desitometer doesn't prove it, that often seems to give the 
shadows more depth, at least to my eye.

cheers,

Tom O'Connell