Digital BW, The Print

The driver posted in the UK for the 2100 (same printer as the 2200) allows
proper K ink only printing to matte paper but uses all the inks when
printing to "photo" paper.  When this was raised with them they said they
weren't going to change it.  Like I said, they don't consider it a
photographic workflow and clearly weren't too bothered with it.  You might
want to take a good loupe to your photo paper "BO" step wedge and see if you
can see colour dots.


> From: steveh0607 <steveh060758@...>
> Reply-To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Mon, 06 Feb 2006 12:22:13 -0000
> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: [Digital BW] Re: Epson 4800 vs. 2400 question
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Steve Kale
> <stevekale@...> wrote:
>> 
>> According to Epson UK 2nd Tier Support, they don't believe single channel
>> greyscale is a credible photographic printing platform.  Pity as it would,
>> presumably, have been easy to maintain.
>> 
> I've just run a bunch of prints on the 2200 using the BO method at (2800 Res)
> with Epson's 
> Luster and Semigloss paper and Kodaks Luster. Using the glossy paper I can't
> detect any of 
> the "dots" one sees when using matte paper. And the tonal separation is very
> smooth. 
> 
> I've compared these prints to those I've made using matte paper with QTR.
> Other than the 
> sheen of the glossy paper, I can't tell a difference in quality (Although
> Epson's Photo Black
> ink is on the warm side).
> 
> Go figure. Either my eyes need an adjustment or this method works well with
> glossy 
> papers. 
> 
> Steve