Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "pr_roark" 
<pr_roark@...> wrote:
>
> ...  Yesterday I set up a 2200 with one of those
> super-cheap SuperJetUSA CISs sold on eBay.  ...

At 2880 the Epson 2200 with Carbon-6 is very smooth.  I think I can 
detect some artifacts with a loupe on the ultra smooth PA surface, 
but it appears to be invisible in actual prints.  With Photo Rag the 
paper texture is the dominant pattern and the only thing I can see in 
the highlights.  

I'm using Create ICC-RGB to make ICCs that have simple one-point 
Photoshop curves in them.  I pull up the Blue and Green curves in the 
center and push down the Red curve.  That's it.  These modern K2 
printers do very well with that approach.  The ramp even pre-ICC is 
near perfect.  So, curves with other image editors will be very easy 
to control. 

As usual for K2 printers (in my experience), I'm seeing a dmax of 
0.02 better with QTR and PA BW, but on Photo Rag the Epson driver is 
giving 1.7+.


Paul
www.PaulRoark.com