Digital BW, The Print

Today I was at calumet photographic in escondido ca, which used to 
called north county camera. I must have a communication gap with those 
guys, cuz they never know what I am talking about if I ask about 
papers, inks, or printing in general. It is a great store with lots of 
stuff though. So I ask the guy "So have you gotten any 2400 epson 
printers yet?" (I have been asking this once a week for 6 weeks or so) 
and the guys says that they have some on "special order, so they are 
already sold". Then I ask if they have gotten any yet, wondering what 
he thinks of the output. He says they have not seen any test prints 
yet. About one minute later, I realize that I am looking right a 2400 
all set up on the display floor. Next to it they have a book of test 
prints, all done on matte paper (not photo rag or EEM. It felt like 
inkjetart cool matte) with a really bright white coating. All of the 
test prints were in Black and white, all were about 4x6.  None of them 
looked better than my UT2 inks on my 1280, but were about exactly the 
same. That should come as no surprise, because the 2400 supposedly 
really shines on non-matte papers. Who Knows if the test booklet was 
even done on the 2400. It was sitting right next to the 2400 however. 
I'll go back tomorrow and see if there is a more "with-it" person 
working there. I will see if I can make a print on semigloss. It seems 
to be hooked up to a computer and everything.