Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Steve" 
<smoon4@y...> wrote:
>
> I am sure that they will be glad for your free advertisement, but I 
> am looking for help, not ridicule. If I wanted ridicule, I would be 
> posting over at dpreview.
> 


I take that kind of personally. You would have received the exact 
same answer (from me) if you posted this question over there. But 
that said, no offense taken, I do know what you mean.

And one thing to point out, looking at the paper surface is not 
always enough to judge a paper, so the smaller swatch book is a handy 
reference for after you have printed something on that paper. I'm 
thinking that I really need to build a binder full of all the papers 
that I've tried, with some kind of test print on each paper, and 
maybe notes about why I did or didn't like that paper, for this you 
really need full "letter" sized sheets. Also note that paper made 
specifically to work well with the Epson matte black, may not give 
the same results with an all pigmnet matte black like Eboni, some 
papers have better dmax, some worse. So if you change inks, you may 
need to do all that testing again (which is where I'm at right now)! 
So that Hahnemuhle sample pack that Jim has is looking really good 
right now, as soon as he has some Photo Rag Satin, I'll order the 
other sample pack too (and maybe the Innova again while I'm at it).