Digital BW, The Print

Thanks for the tips Steve.  I'll give the Red River paper a try.   
Dmax with the K4 inks on EPSM is 2.2, as opposed to about 2.4 with  
the K3 inks.  Despite the lower dmax with the K4 I just like the  
appearance of the prints.

Carl

On Dec 17, 2005, at 12:33 AM, Steven Karafyllakis wrote:

> Hi Carl;
>
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Carl Schofield
> <scho@m...> wrote:
>>
>> The MIS K4 inks (Epson K3 clone) in my Epson 2400 printer have been
>> producing excellent prints (both B&W and color) on Epson Premium
>> Semimatte paper.  Beautiful, silky smooth finish with no bronzing or
>> gloss differential.  If anyone else is using this combination or
>> wants to try it I've put some profiles (2400MISk4Profiles.zip) up on
>> my filesharing site.
>> http://homepage.mac.com/scho/FileSharing3.html
>
>
> I agree, it's a good combination. I've finally got the R1800 working
> well with the K4 inks, with LLK in the red position, and LK in the  
> glop
> position. Finally, no microbanding. I am still using the glop though,
> misted on very lightly with an airbrush. It doesn't help as much as it
> used to with the UC inks, (because the problem is almost completely
> eliminated) but it does clear that slight bit of veiling and very
> slight gloss differential still left. And guess what: the last bottle
> of glop I got is clear, not tea colored, so it doesn't yellow your
> highlights.
>
> Steve Karafyllakis
>
> BTW: I don't like the surface quite as much becuase it prints with  
> more
> of that 'pearl' texture, but Red River's UltraPro Satin gets an even
> better dmax
>
>
>
>> Carl
>
>>
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