Digital BW, The Print

Greg,

On EEM, you should be able to get a Dmax in the range of 1.68 to 
maybe 1.74, depending on the profile, dpi, dithering, etc.  I find I 
can usually hit 1.7 with EEM, and depending on the profile, I often 
hit 1.72 or a little higher.  This is with MK ink on a 2200 or a 
4000.  Can't speak directly for the 2400 or 4800, but I wouldn't 
expect much better than that on EEM.  

Lou

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "dfaprinting" 
<dfaprinting@y...> wrote:
> I'm trying to help someone else out. They are getting what I 
consider 
> very low dmax with the 2400 and Epson matte black ink on just about 
> every matte paper tried. Values like 1.6 - 1.65 for papers like 
> Hahnemuhle Photo Rag and German Etching, trying both the "normal" 
RGB 
> color mode and ABW mode with several different paper types and 
driver 
> settings. He's measuring with a brand new i1 spectro (i1 photo), 
and 
> from everything I've read, all the settings are correct. I searched 
the 
> archives to see if I could find a typical set of values for any of 
the 
> more common matte papers, but either chose the wrong keywords or 
didn't 
> find any. So if anyone has either density or Lab values for papers 
like 
> the above two or EEM/EAM (any other Epson paper) we would be 
grateful.
> 
> One of the next tests is to have him send me a printed profile 
target 
> (probably on an Epson paper so he can call Epson with the results) 
that 
> he measured, and then I'll measure it and we'll compare the 
results, 
> though I don't really expect to see much difference between our 
> respective i1 spectro's. Thanks, Greg.