Digital BW, The Print

Lou,
On the 2200 with UC color, I found Dmax peak (~1.65)
at untagged rgb 30,30,30 using VFA setting.  Below
that it goes back up.  Reducing the ink in the driver
kills the color saturation.  I believe it is due to
the MK reaching Dmax with a lower ink load than
typical, and having a much higher density vs ink
slope.  IMO, this paper requires a RIP to show its
full potential.  Too bad for Crane...

Best regards,
John Moody

--- Louis Dina <lbdina@...> wrote:

> Thanks for your comments.  I didn't post my initial
> findings with my 
> original query since I didn't want to skew any
> responses.
> 
> I bought a box of this paper and ran a few tests
> using a 4000 and UC 
> inks, using an RGB generated grayscale and some
> color patches.  I was 
> going to profile it for color work, then if I liked
> it, for B&W.  The 
> best Dmax I got from this paper, using the Epson
> driver, was 1.55, 
> which I considered pretty anemic, especially for the
> price.  I tried a 
> few different paper settings in the driver.  Crane
> suggested the EEM 
> setting, which I tried, but I also tried the VFA
> setting, both at 1440 
> dpi, SuperX microweave, No Color Adjustment, and all
> the high speed and 
> edge smoothing features turned off.  I also
> downloaded their custom 
> profile for the 4000.  It was weaker yet.
> 
> Maybe there is a better paper setting in the driver
> that will lay down 
> a more optimum amount of ink??  
> 
> Any other thoughts would be appreciated.  I suspect
> it is the nature of 
> the paper, but there may be some settings I can
> tweak.
> 
> Lou Dina
>