Digital BW, The Print

I tested all my Epson printers recently with several media and the
Water Color media setting DOES give the best dmax. It was
significantly darker than the Smooth Fine Art media settings,
especially on the 10K with NK6 and Hahnemuhle papers.

That is very interesting that you see a better dmax on Epsons by
leaving high-speed on. I am going to try that with the 8 pass mode and
see if that works, with 4 pass on the 10K I would just give me banding.

John





 You could try to use high speed instead for better Dmax,
sounds strange but a bit of bleeding may make the black
patch a bit more homogene and by that your readings may go
up. Any other gain has to come from the paper setting
choices, we did HM papers only and the watercolor paper
choice was actually the best choice on all three models.

With the HP Z3100 here the 10000 isn't used anymore, the HP
is hard to beat on Dmax and by and by I get an increased
gamut on HM PhotoRag (Bright White) (finding the right paper
settings + the firmware upgrades). Better than the Epson
4000 gamut on EEM as I'm printing big prints these days with
small Epson 4000 UC proofs for reference. Next to other
advantages the ink used goes for 99% on the paper which is
something we couldn't achieve with any Epson so far. Carts
are almost dry inside when empty. That compensates the lower
cost of the MIS inks. I'm not going back.


Met vriendelijke groeten, Ernst


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