Digital BW, The Print

Thanks... I just put in an order for a small amount of the MIS 838 
glossy. Where did you find the Epson Semi Gloss?

Tom O'Connell

TomOC@...
www.thomasoconnell.com


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "aphotog2000" 
<rmarumoto@m...> wrote:
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "tomoc" <tomoc@y...> 
wrote:
> > I must have some compulsive obsessive disorder... I'm finally 
> getting 
> > some very satisfying prints with FS using both piezo and John 
Woolf 
> > curves (right, why would one use both <g>)...and I'm getting 
fairly 
> > comfortable with Paul's psychedelic VM curves that make their own 
> > miracles... 
> > 
> > What I'm missing is the old neutral print on semi-gloss or semi-
> matte 
> > paper. I had trouble adjusting the Lyson Small Gamut to 
> consistently 
> > make what I was trying to make (but that is probably my fault and 
I 
> > may just need to spend more time with the ink/paper combos).
> > 
> > Does anyone else like the "pearl" or semi-gloss print? What ink-
> paper 
> > combination are you using? 
> > 
> > Tom O'Connell
> > 
> > TomOC@y...
> > www.thomasoconnell.com
> 
> Tom,
>  
> I am printing black and white portraits on Epson Semi Gloss Paper 
and 
> MIS Premium Glossy Paper.  I am using a PC, an Epson 1280 , 
Photoshop 
> 6.0,  MIS VM inkset and Paul's curves (nc) and workflow.  I am a 
new 
> user to this "system".  I like the look of these prints much better 
> than any previous B & W prints I have made on the Epson 2000 or 
1280 
> printers with OEM inks.  I  like the look of the prints on both EP 
> SGP and the MIS PGP.   I will also be trying Xtreme Gamut Pigment 
> Glossy Paper for a comparison.  Overall, I have made about 25 8 x 
10 
> prints using the MIS inks and Paul's curves and feel that the 
results 
> are good.  There does not appear to be any "dusting" or other 
> problems with any of glossy or semi glossy prints after four days.  
>  
> Roger Marumoto