Digital BW, The Print

To continue from my last post:

Having only had previous experience with the 2000P and not using it 
seriously as a BW printer, my only previous experience is with the 
Epson Watercolor RW.  Because the 2400 immediately struck me as a 
serious BW printer, I've explored several other papers.  I'd 
appreciate any feedback on both my "flow" process and the papers.

I have a monitor calibrated (with a Pantone Spyder 2) to 5000K and 
2.2.  My first prints on the 2400 did not match the monitor, so I 
decided to adjust the prints to match the monitor (rather than vice 
versa).  On Epson Enhanced matte this required an adjustment in the 
ABW driver of: contast +10, brightness +8 and shadows +10.  The 
monitor to print match on EEM is very good, the blacks are deep and 
excellent and the gray scale is smooth and elegant.

Other papers were variable in their results.  Crane Museo was murky 
in the shadows with poor detail and showed "bronzing" at acute 
viewing angles and I eliminated this paper (it is also very yellow); 
Hahnemuhle Photo rag showed deep blacks but poor shadow detail, the 
latter improved by using the Watercolor RW setting in the ABW 
driver.  (Contined next post.)