Digital BW, The Print

It's not a silly question, it's a good one! Yes I did use the right
side of the paper. The two sides are (fortunately) very different,
unlike some other papers.

IMO the problems I've seen are due to the Epson 2100 driver. All
profiles I've produced for this driver have the same issue with
shadows blocking up. Note also that just because a 4800 Epson driver
in 'premium semiglossy' mode gives good results, this doesn't mean
that a 2100/2200 driver in 'premium semiglossy' mode will, because the
ink limits, ink curves, black generation etc for the 4800 driver will
be different from those of the 2100/2200 (and of course the K3 ink is
very different from 'K2').

I might try another media setting e.g. glossy paper photo weight.
I'll feed back any data I get just for the benefit of the list (if
only to warn people off if it doesn't work :-)).

So I think with a 2100/2200 the way to go for good shadow detail and
rich blacks is to use a different driver or RIP, and then ideally do
your own pre-linearisation in the RIP before profiling. Which is in
fact what most people on this list seem to be doing.

IJC/OPM looks interesting, but I do colour as well as B&W and I want a
RIP that handles either - so maybe ImagePrint is the way for me to go.

Anyway, I hope your results with DaVinci on your 4800 are good. Third
party paper manufacturers need support & encouragement.

Regards,

Alan

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Steve Kale
<stevekale@...> wrote:
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> Silly question but are you sure you printed on the right side of the
paper?
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