Digital BW, The Print

My experience mirrors Phil's where I find prints on HWM and EEM to be
virtually indistinguishable. It seems to make sense that the EEM has
OBA's while HWM doesn't although I've never read it before. This idea
is also supported by HWM's better archival rating than EEM.

Bob Michaels

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Phil Rose"
<pjrose@f...> wrote:
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "koloshor"
> <wiz@n...> wrote:
> > 
> > --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "geminipucky"
> <geminipucky@y...> wrote:
> > > 
> > > Can i use epson heaveyweight matte on 2200 printer and if so what 
> > > settings thanks
> > 
> > I'd avoid it. Heavyweight Matte is coated to work well with dye ink
> printers like Epson 1270. Enhanced Matte is coated to work well with
> pigment ink printers like the 2200.
> 
> Can you state some reference for this asserted difference? I do not
> think it is correct. As I recall, Enhanced Matte was brought out as a
> renamed version of the not-so-Archival Matte, and that happened well
> before the introduction of the pigment ink printers. Many people use
> HWM with the 2200 and seem to find it performs as I have found, i.e.,
>  results are nearly indistinguishable from Enhanced Matte. IMO, they
> have the same coating, but the Enhanced matte incorporates optical
> brighteners, which most knowledgeable users regard as a drawback to
> Enhanced Matte since it causes a yellow stain within a fairly short
> time (months).
> > 
> > HM on a 2200 loses dmax and neutrality on B&W prints. 
> 
> Not to a significant extent as far as I can tell from Dmax
> measurements I've done on B&W prints I've made on HWM. Using QTRIP to
> print B&W with Epson UC inks, I've measured Dmax right in the range
> quoted by others for Enhanced Matte; furthermore the "neutrality"
> achieved with HWM appears close to Enhanced Matte (although that's a
> pretty subjective thing to be sure).
> 
> >Archival properties are unknown.
> 
> True.
> 
> > If you want to try it anyway, use the enhanced matte settings, boost
> ink 10%, and pray.
> 
> IMHO, no "ink boost" is needed--nor is prayer (other than the one I
> usually do whenever I print on _any_ paper ;-) 
> 
> Phil