Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "djon43"
<djon43@...> wrote:
>
> Recent Black Only prints using Epson 2200 OEM matte black pigments
> seem  perfectly neutral, not Epson-warm...
> 
> ...in all sorts of light, including very warm tungsten, "daylight"
> fluorescent, open shade, strong sun...
> 
> Has anyone else recently seen neutral black with Epson 2200 pigments?
> 
> Have there been any announcements from Epson about improvements?
> 
> I'm mostly printing on Kayenta, which is whiter than EEM and stays
> that way (better in every respect)...earlier Kayenta and other papers
> in Black Only look classically Epson-warm, which is the main reason
> I've preferred QTR ...I've refrained from Eboni so far. 
> 
> I wonder if these prints will get warmer with age or if Epson's done
> the right thing?
>

Or could it simply be that OEM matte-k  is manufactured in different
plants worldwide (remember the differences in KODACHROME hue in USA,
UK and AUSTRALIAN production 40 or so years ago!. Huewise I for one
can't see any difference (0r if there is/were a difference, it is ever
so slight) between my BO prints with MIS EBONI and a 1160 on EAM and
my 2100 BO prints on EAM with OEM matte-k carts.

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