Digital BW, The Print

You could well be right.  I have Nanochrome dye ink in my 2100 at the moment
and so would need to flush it before popping in Epson Ultrachromes.  Perhaps
someone else can run a quick check with a sample sheet.  One thing to do to
check ink limits is to print the QTR calibration chart (in calibration mode)
and then read the progression of steps.  At least then you'll get a sense of
what peak density can be.

> From: alanrew42 <Alan-Rew@...>
> Reply-To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2006 23:31:05 -0000
> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: [Digital BW] Re: Da Vinci Fibre Gloss Paper
> 
> Thanks for the warning Steve. I'll double-check my methodology with
> this paper.
> 
> Have you actually tried DVFG with the Epson UC inks (Photo Black
> installed ) in your 2100 with the Epson driver? If not, I'd be
> grateful if you could try the UC PK some time & let me know your
> readings for black, for both PSG and GPPW media settings, 2880dpi, NCA.
> 
> I'm getting a suspicion, just looking at the printed profiling
> targets, that the UC PK is reacting with the paper in an odd way,
> depending on the ink load. For the GMB TC9.18 chart I'm using, the
> first square, A1 (R,G,B = 0,0,0) looks slightly grey on the GPPW
> setting  when viewed at right angles, whereas on the PSG chart it
> looks black. It's like the paper can't cope with the ink load with
> PK/GPPW/2880/NCA. This would tally with my high L reading for black on
> this paper.
> 
> I've never seen this before with any glossy paper I've profiled with
> my 2100 so far (and I've profiled many successfully, all in NCA mode,
> with results as good as, or better than, those of independent
> consultants that I used prior to buying my own spectro). The last time
> I saw anything as odd as this was with my old Epson 1200 printer and
> Ilford Classic glossy paper. That printer used to chuck out loads of
> ink in NCA mode and was difficult to profile by any method.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Alan