Digital BW, The Print

I have made many prints on an Epson R2400 using ABW mode and now that I have
a 3800, I continue to rely on ABW.

With my new 3800, I profiled all my papers over (too many) hours using the
"extended gray" feature of the latest version of PrintFix Pro and did some
print comparisons. The ABW prints were better in my (and other) opinions.
The shadows were cleaner for sure.

I haven't used my copy of QTR since my 2200 died and I replaced it with a
R2400.

Still for some reason I feel inadequate even though I am quite happy with
the prints I make especially on Innova F-type paper...

My burning question is why do other printers find using ICC profiles,
dedicated inksets, QTR , etc. valuable and spend so much time with  it all?
Are their prints that much better then what the Epson driver can do in ABW
to make all the extra work (hassle, in my opinion) worth it?

Or do these printers have an inherent "tinkerers mentality" (that I clearly
lack) that makes this fun for them and that's why they choose the extra
effort?

Bottomline -- does this effort show up in the prints?

Dave.


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