Digital BW, The Print

As someone else suggested, third party matte black can make a
difference.  I use MIS Eboni Black in place of Epson's Matte Black. 
It gives a more neutral BO print.

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, claudej1@a... wrote:
> After having every printer imaginable to do Quads/hex/whatever, I
used UT-7  
> on a 2200 which I no longer have. I find that the 2880 BO prints on
a 4000 are 
>  amazing....when I want a warm look. I really like the Semi Matte
Epson paper 
>  with a light coat of Satin Lacquer....not quite air-dried FB look,
but darn 
> nice  with great highlights, Dmax, and scale. I still have UT-1 on a
7500 and 
> looking  forward the new inksets in the near future. QTR or IJC/OPM
perhaps??
>  
> I think the 4000 has the very fine screening for BO, more so thatn
the 2200  
> did.
>  
> BTW, Dmax is overrated as a singular component. You can get a high
Dmax  from 
> Pictorico fine art "matte" paper, but it appears to have a sticky
coating  
> over it. Best Dmax ever (2 point something) but the prints look like
crap.
>  
> Claude
> 
> 
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