Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Paul Roark" 
<paul.roark@v...> wrote:
> Martin,
> 
> You wrote:
> 
> >Well you get more paper profiles I believe, including EAM,
> 
> I downloaded a set of profiles that included EAM and they showed up 
in the
> paper selection box.  I don't know if these were intended for the 
ver. 6 and
> won't work, since I don't have the right inks in there now.
> 
> >I really didn't see any difference in image quality with my 1200
> >between the two versions.
> 
> That's what I was most interested in.  Of course, if the EAM 
profile doesn't
> work, that could be worth something.  I've always used the Cone 
Tech Matte
> profile.  Do you see any significant differences between these two 
with EAM?
> 
Paul,

I wish I could give you a hard data answer on this but I shut down my 
1200 two days ago to make room for a second 1280. I don't think the 
profiles are version dependent but I can't be sure. If there was a 
difference in the profiles, I think that is was very slight. As I 
have found with the VM curves, they print very similarly over all the 
Epson matte and Hahbnemuhle papers. People also noted with the 
version 5 of Piezo that there was not a huge difference between the 
profiles in many cases.

On the one hand the upgrade is only $49 but if you don't really need 
it...? If you are not having a problem with printing in 8-bit or 
centering images precisely on the paper you might want to save your 
money. I guess if you are happy with what you are getting, why change?

Martin