Digital BW, The Print

Hi All,

In his review of Epson Exhibition Fiber Paper posted on the LL 
website, Mark Dubovoy states the following:

"Therefore, I finally settled on a paper with a 100% acid-free pure 
cotton rag base, and a semi-glossy coating that allows me to use 
Photo Black ink. This is also a paper that has no OBA's and is very 
thick (344 gsm) with a wonderful tactile feel. The paper is 
Hahnemuhle Photo Rag Pearl. The advantages of this paper are clear. 
On my Epson 9800, I use the "Ultrasmooth Fine Art" media setting to 
deliver a lot more ink to the paper. As a result, I can get an 
outstanding D-Max of 2.4 (measured with my Macbeth TD 1224 
transmission/reflection densitometer) and a very good color gamut."

He is talking about his preferred paper, Hahnemuhle Photo Rag Pearl. 
I am experimenting with this paper at the moment but cannot get a 
good dmax on it using a 3800 with K3 inks. Mark states that he 
uses "Ultrasmooth Fine Art" setting which is an MK paper but uses PK 
ink. 

How does one do this without the printer selecting the MK cartridge?

regards

Alistair Owens
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