Digital BW, The Print

> I'm consistantly told the [UltraSmooth] dmax falls short of
> other papers, particularly with Ptones.
> Do you know if good black with this paper is primarily with UCMK OEM ink?

I think it's mostly an Epson UC/K3 MK difference.  I can't speak for Museum
K, but with Eboni (and OEM K3 color) in the 2400 in ABW mode with an EEM
media type setting, PremierArt 205, which I believe is the same coating as
UltraSmooth, gets a dmax of 1.60 (the low end of what I'll use); Alpha
(Innova coating) = 1.64; Moab Natural = 1.57.  These are the non-OBA papers
that mostly come to mind.  For reference, EEM = 1.63, and, on top as usual,
Photo Rag = 1.68.  (These are all fresh readings that will probably increase
overnight.)


Paul
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