Digital BW, The Print

Joe; 

I think the Premium semi-matte is nicer for B&W-it has a light sheen 
and no texture to speak of. Perhaps the folks at EximVaios have it 
in 17" rolls? they're the guys that cut paper to unusual roll sizes, 
are they not? Maybe they have a sample.

Steve Karafyllakis

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Joe Davajon" 
<davajon@s...> wrote:
> Eximvaios (www.eximvaios.com) got in about 20 4800's so I drove 
over to Berkeley and 
> picked one up yesterday.  Some might be interested in my first 
impressions:  Color is 
> much better than the 4000.  Blacks are much denser and the rest of 
the spectrum seems 
> more intense.  Laying out two 16x24 prints made from the 4000 and 
the 4800 side by 
> side is startling!  You see the difference immediately and the 
difference is gratifying.  I've 
> only made a dozen or so color prints so far but as of now I'm very 
pleased.  I printed some 
> black and whites with Advanced B@W mode on Premium Luster and am 
very pleased with 
> the results.  Much much better than matte prints.  Blacks are very 
good.  Holding up a 
> 4800 print alongside silver prints on my wall reveals that the 
4800's blacks are, at least to 
> my eye, so close that I don't feel thwarted as I did with the 
4000.  The only thing I feel 
> some reservation about is that I don't know If I can learn to love 
the Lustre finish for B@W.  
> Time and working with a lot of different subjects will help decide 
for me. As for trying 
> Matte, I don't intend to do that for a while as I understand the 
Matte ink is the same as the 
> 4000 ink and I was never pleased with the dmax.  Ever.  Down the 
pike, I'm confident 
> someone will come up with a great matte black ink compatible with 
the 4800.  We'll see.
> Joe Davajon