Digital BW, The Print

I'm testing Harmon Gloss paper on the Epson 3800 with QTR. I
downloaded the HGloss profile from the website for soft proofing in
Photoshop but it makes the image look very dark. Maybe I just need to
uncheck preserve RGB numbers. Is there an alternative to making a
custom profile? What do you suggest? Thanks.

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "steveh0607"
<steveh060758@...> wrote:
>
> FYI Everyone,
> 
> This is a fairly new paper from Harmon. The paper has a very smooth
texture, is glossy, but 
> not too glossy and renders a very clean, sharp print. It doesn't
curl. The sell sheet says it 
> contains Alumina to provide the gloss, density and "vibrancy". It
also smells like a dark room.
> 
> Whatever the chemical composition, I couldn't see any bronzing or
color-shifting (Epson 
> R2400 with Epson inks). The image looks like it's in the paper, not
on it (hard to describe this 
> point). Can't measure dmax, but black is very black. Very expensive!
> 
> Subjectively speaking, I think it prints better than Innova Fiba
Print Gloss (the only other FB-
> type paper I've used).
> 
> Steve
>