Digital BW, The Print

There doesn't seem to have been much interest on the forum about this 
printing issue (Clayton gratefully excepted), but I was able to have 
informative phone conversations today with Hahnemuhle, Red River and 
Hawk Mountain.  These guys were interesting and provided some insight 
into the significance of this setting in the driver, what Epson is 
doing with it, and how it relates to their papers. 

For such an OT-sensitive group, which is supposed to be about the 
print not the printer, there is a surprising tolerance for printer 
maintenance issues to the exclusion of issues that actually have to 
do with prints.   


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "wwodets" 
<odets@c...> wrote:
>
> On my 2400 I have been using VFA and HPR.  In the Epson driver I 
have 
> been selecting "Enhanced Matte" as the paper type for HPR.
> 
> I am now testing a few other papers: HM Condor BW, Arches Smooth, 
and 
> RR Dourian Art.  I am wondering about paper type selection in 
general 
> and in specific for these papers.  HM seems to 
recommend "Watercolor" 
> for the Condor; RR "EEM" for the Dourian; and Arches "Smooth Fine 
> Art" (there is an "Ultra Smooth Fine Art" in the 
> driver), "watercolor," or "Photobase."  I know others are using 
these 
> papers on the 2400/4800 and wonder what settings they've settled on.
> 
> More generally, am I correct that the issue with paper type 
selection 
> is the ink load?  Are other things being controlled with the paper 
> type selection (other than forcing you to put it in one load slot 
or 
> another)?  With regard to ink load, does the specific paper coating 
> make the difference or is it more a matter of texture?
> 
> I will be printing targets for QTR Create ICC so tonal scale 
> differences are somewhat less important in paper type selection, or 
> so I think.
> 
> Many thanks,
> Walt
>