Digital BW, The Print

Smooth, soft gloss satin finish.  Prints beautifully with the Epson  
K3 and MIS K4 inks.  I use the latter in a 2400.

Carl

On Feb 5, 2006, at 4:14 AM, ginnylady33 wrote:

>   Thanks for the link!
> What is that paper like?
> Ginny
>
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Carl Schofield
> <scho@...> wrote:
>>
>> You can purchase Epson premium semimatte in smaller sheet sizes as
>> well, if you don't want to bother with cutting down large sheets or
>> rolls:
>> http://www.eximvaios.com/catalog/default.php?cPath=2_252_382
>>
>> On Feb 4, 2006, at 10:18 PM, rgoldman2 wrote:
>>
>>> Ginny, you seem to be getting good advice regarding your  
>>> questions. An
>>> issue that you will have to address, at least initially, is whether
>>> you want to start printing on cotton rag papers using the Epson  
>>> Matte
>>> Black ink (the papers and inks that Clayton and many other use) or
>>> whether you will start with glossier papers, ranging from satin or
>>> pearl surfaced to true gloss. In which case you will be printing  
>>> with
>>> the Photo Black Ink. All the other inks in the system are compatible
>>> with either type of paper, but the cotton rag matte prints  
>>> definitely
>>> need Matte Black Ink (Mk) and the other papers need Photo Black  
>>> (Pk).
>>> The 2400 prints beautifully on the rag papers using the Advanced  
>>> Black
>>> and White (ABW) feature of the Epson driver. My impression is that
>>> these matte prints are slightly better than what could be  
>>> achieved on
>>> the old 2200. Except that the 2200 need a third-party rip to achieve
>>> it. The greater improvement facilitated with the 2400 is in the
>>> ability to print on the satin to true glossy papers, which the 2200
>>> could not do well even with a third party rip. Now that can be done
>>> beautifully on the 2400 using the Photo Black Ink in the K3 set  
>>> up and
>>> the ABW feature of the Epson driver. I.E. right out of the box. I  
>>> love
>>> the look of the rag papers, but I also love the deep blacks I can
>>> print on the satin papers (Epson Premium Semi Matte in my case).  
>>> What
>>> keeps me from going back to the rag printing currently is the  
>>> cost of
>>> switching from the Pk to the Mk ink. It is not prohibitive but  
>>> neither
>>> is it trivial. That is why you need to make a choice on how to get
>>> started. If you are interested in glossy, then I would start with
>>> something that is semi-matte or satin because the more glossy the
>>> paper the higher the probability that even with the 2400 you will  
>>> run
>>> into issues such as gloss differential. The Premium Semi Matte is a
>>> beautiful paper, but it is made in sheets of 17 x 22. So you will  
>>> have
>>> to cut them to a size that works in the 2400 and use the residual  
>>> for
>>> test strips. Clayton has offered to sell, at a very reasonable  
>>> price,
>>> small prints on different rag papers. Well worth the price in my  
>>> view.
>>> You can see how the various papers look with the Mk ink. Be sure to
>>> look a Epson VFA (velvet fine art). If you want to see a small print
>>> made on Epson Premium Semi Matte using the Pk ink, I will be  
>>> happy to
>>> send you one (free of charge). Contact me at my email address about
>>> that.