Digital BW, The Print

I did a little test with Epson Enhanced Matte (EEM) printed through the 
same ICC profile (QTR 2.3.0) and the ABW driver at "neutral" and three 
different paper type settings in the Epson driver: EEM, VFA and USFA 
(Ultra Smooth Fine Art).  The ICC profile had been produced for EEM

It now seems clear to me that there is more going on with these paper-
type settings than ink load.  Most notably, the USFA setting produced a 
distinctly, but subtly, warmer/yellower print.  Other than that, the 
differences were less obvious and would probably only be seen in an A/B 
comparison.  

Density of the prints from low to high: EEM, VFA, USFA (the last two  
close).

Color of the prints from cool to warm:  EEM, VFA, USFA.  Side by side 
these were distinct differences, particularly the difference between 
the USFA and the other two.  

I viewed the prints under pure 5K light measured for eveness across the 
three prints.  Of the three prints, my preference was for the EEM 
setting because of the cool color and openess (lowest density).  
Whether this is a matter of chance because of the workflow (the ICC 
profile was created for EEM, etc.) I don't know. 




--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Roark" 
<paul.roark@v...> wrote:
>
> Here's a question for the programming talent here.  Can we use the 
driver's
> "media type" selection space to insert a simple monotone linearization
> curve?  Do we know where those files are and whether there is a way 
to hack
> them -- that is, put our own inputs into that space?
> 
> Paul
> www.PaulRoark.com
>