Digital BW, The Print

Paul,

I'm printing on EEM with the Matte Paper setting (also tried Photo
Paper), both 1440 and 2880 dpi, with the neutral curve.  Also, I'm
using the Eboni black ink-- haven't tried photo black yet.

I'm going to make some scans tonight and post them on the web so you
can see exactly what I'm talking about-- I think a picture in this
case will really be worth a thousand words.

Thank you for your offer for the test strip.  I'll send you my address.

-Steve


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Roark"
<paul.roark@v...> wrote:
> Steve,
> 
> >... 1280 printer and a set of UT2 inks.  ...
> 
> >In the prints I've made with the UT2 inks, I've noticed, under a loupe 
> >and with the naked eye, obvious dot patterns in the highlights, 
> 
> Under a loupe one might be able to see some dots on some papers
under some
> lighting conditions.  Looking at a test strip of PremierArt 205 under a
> loupe, I see the paper texture and not dots, at least in reflected,
overhead
> light that is at a fair angle.  With another magnifier and more
straight-on
> light I might be able to distinguish the dots from the paper
texture, but
> it's not clear to me.  With back lighting I see some roughness, but
it could
> be the paper and not dots.  
> 
> Other papers might show more dots.
> 
> >...it appears that UT2 does not have a light gray (toned or
untoned) ink 
> 
> The system uses a black ink, 2 dark gray inks (cool and warm
carbon), and 3
> lighter gray inks (cool, warm [carbon], and sepia).  Then there are 3
> different dot sizes for each of these due to the variable-dot
technology.  
> 
> The system is much like the OEM inks in the density distribution. 
However,
> the UT2 inks are very low gamut, thus giving them far less color
contrast
> than the color inks.
> 
> I'm sure you've checked the resolution and other settings.  
> 
> What paper, black ink, and media type setting are you using?
> 
> There are, of course, trade-offs between number and lightness of the
inks,
> and other factors.  The lighter inks in my previous efforts, for
example,
> tended to flood glossy papers.  The light inks often cause the worst
> bronzing.  BO printing with the new neutral photo black mix, for
example,
> has less objectionable bronzing than the UT2 inkset.  In the R800
there are
> no more light inks.
> 
> But, back to your issue, I can't tell what you're looking at.  Send
me your
> address off list and I'll mail one of the PA 205 UT2 Medium Warm
test strips
> I printed today.
> 
> Paul
> www.PaulRoark.com