Digital BW, The Print

Hello Walt,

>am I correct that the issue with paper type selection is the 
>ink load?  Are other things being controlled with the paper 
>type selection 

I think there is more happening than just ink load.  When I first got
my 2400 I tried "Enhanced Matte" (as I had been using with BO on my
2200 for all matte papers) and found that it always had some weird
coloration going on.  Couldn't find a setting that eliminated it, no
matter what paper.  Then I tried other settings and found that VFA not
only allowed some ABW settings that eliminated coloration, but it
worked well on every paper I tried (which is everything on the A-List
in the "Paper Chase" article plus a few others).  So now I just keep
it on VFA for everything and am very pleased with the results.  So it
seems the paper type affects the way the colors are overlayed as well.


>With regard to ink load, does the specific paper coating 
>make the difference or is it more a matter of texture?

I'm not sure about that, but I found that an ink load seting of -5%
works fine along with the VFA type, again on all the matte papers I've
tried.  At a zero setting the blacks look overloaded (and that's with
the density setting on "Light").  The 2400 really pumps out a lot of ink.

There is an article with more details on these and other settings for
the 2400 at the web site below (article #9).

Regards,
Clayton


Info on black and white digital printing at    
http://www.cjcom.net/digiprnarts.htm