Digital BW, The Print

I've been to the site and reviewed the materials.  But unless if I 
missed something, he suggests using Velvet Fine Art as the media 
type for all matte papers??  I tried that on the first print I did 
on Enhanced matte; set the media type to VFA then, ink density to -
5% and tone to light, but it came out terrible; very dark in the 
shadows.  So then I went with the Epson defaults with media set to 
enhanced matte, the ink to -5% and it came out much better.  Then 
tried same image with tone set to light, normal and dark and decied 
that at least for Enhanced matte, that the prints looked better when 
set to dark.

Tried using some of Clayton's color wheel corrections, but they 
didn't always seem to work so well.  Depending on the papers, there 
is often a slight color cast which you are supposed to use the color 
wheel to counteract?  So I thought if others found other settings 
that work for them, it would be helpful if they could post them.

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "bwinkjet" 
<bwinkjet@...> wrote:
>
> Hi,
> 
> Try this website by one of our members.
> 
> http://www.cjcom.net/digiprnarts.htm
> 
> Paul
> 
> --- In 
DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "cynthiam_in_fl" 
> <4merzers@> wrote:
> >
> > This my my first post in this group.  I have been lurking and 
> > receiving the digest for awhile, but now it's time to take the 
> > plunge.
> > 
> > I just started using an Epson r2400 printer and have some 
questions 
> > about using the advanced B&W mode.  Before I go through more 
ink, 
> > paper and time, I thought it might be cost-effective to ask 
here.  
> > It would be helpful to know if people have found any settings to 
be 
> > consistent with certain papers; in particular, Epson Enhanced 
> Matte, 
> > Watercolor Radiant, Velvet Fine Art, Ultrasmooth Fine Art, and 
> > Semigloss.
> > 
> > If you are using these papers with the r2400 or any of the other 
K3 
> > printers, could you please post for each paper:
> > -the media type setting (especially if it's not the same as the 
> > paper)
> > -print quality
> > -ink density
> > and on the settings page:
> > -tone (light, normal, dark, darker or darkest)
> > -horizontal and vertical adjustments on the color wheel
> > -other adjustments that you have found helpful.
> > 
> > Thank you
> >
>