Digital BW, The Print

Hello Walt,

Thanks for the follow up.


>5. Like Clayton, I find some odd cast to the EEM prints 

Nice to know I'm not the only one <g>.


>6.There was a great deal of admiration for Epson's ability to  
>match printers to their papers and ink (or vice versa) and one rep 
>said, "We can't do work of that precision."  Epson's dithering is 
>also admired.

That's interesting.


>7.One rep found credibility in Clayton's idea that the VFA paper 
>type (and others) may well be doing more than adjusting ink load.  
>He mentioned "color correction"...

Another thing I didn't mention because it seemed obvious is of course
the ramp.  Most papers have slight differences in contrast and
density, so any profile will correct for those.  However, there does
seem to be a middle of the road contrast/density "zone" that many of
the papers are close to.  My theory for why the VFA setting works so
well for so many papers is that it's contrast/density/ink load
properties are probably close to these middle road values.   Just a
theory... 




>He imagined that if Epson could find a way to make third party 
>papers unusable in their printers they would do that 

A frightening thought.  I disagree though.  I think doing that would
be counter productive and would get everyone mad at them.  But they
might dream about it...<g>




>I've been very happy with the image on VFA, but would like 
>something with a little less texture.

It's really nice paper, and excellent dmax.  Too bad it's not
smoother.  Some images are ok, some not so good.


Thanks for the report.


Regards,
Clayton


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