Digital BW, The Print

Sarah,

The K7 is effortless and beautiful with any of these Epson printers,
even the 6 channel machines. I've been doing this stuff since the very
first days of Epson photo printers and this is the first inkset that
really made me want to go out and shoot black and white all together
since digital printing first started . With the 2400 printer you have
and QTR software which is $50.00 you don't really have to invest in a
spectro. The paper curves Jon has made are really good for these 7 and
8 channel machines unless you are using some really unusual papers,
then you need to make your own.  I use the reasonably priced
ColorVision spectro for everything color and monochrome, including
Studio Print, and it works very accurately for me.

Right now the only downside to Piezo K6 and 7 inks is that they are
created for matte and rag matte papers. They look excellent on the
Hahnemuhle, Innova, and Crane matte papers. Dmax is a little better
than Ultrachrome. However, if you want the more explosive dmax and
look of a glosssy paper, you will have to wait until sometime this
fall. They are in the process of producing a new formulation of K7
that will work on both glossy and matte papers without the need to
spray or post coat with anything. They will incorporate a seperate
glop channel, as in the HPZ, to remove the gloss issues but should be
smoother because of the additonal ks. They won't really be suitable
for 6 channel machines but the modern Epsons beyond 6 channels will be
the printers to use. The first set will be selenium tone, followed by
neutal and sepia.

John