Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Roark" 
<paul.roark@v...> wrote:
> 
> 
> > 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
> www.PaulRoark.com

I am just now profiling both Ultrasmooth and EEM with piezotones 
(Museum K) and QTR.  I have an old densitometer that may not be 
terribly accurate but I think it is probably consistent.  My dmax on 
Ultrasmooth is 1.68 and on EEM is 1.67.  Those values may not be 
accurate but I would guess the dmax on those 2 papers using Museum K 
are similar.  Which is about what I get on Photo Rag.

Jenny
www.jennyellerbe.com