Digital BW, The Print

Marcus,

I did not try MIS  Eboni in the 380 printer that I used to make the  
profiles.  The printer belongs to my wife and she uses it primarily  
for color prints so I didn't want to mess with switching inks.  I did  
try printing on a couple of matte papers with Claria BO but was not  
impressed with the results.  I have the feeling that this inkset was  
tuned for high gloss papers and that is certainly where it performs  
very well.  The Epson Premium Glossy paper profile that uses black and  
a small amount of composite (CMY) gray produced the best looking B&W  
prints I was able to get from this printer.

Carl

On Jun 23, 2008, at 8:28 AM, luxlebis wrote:

> Hello Carl,
> I´ve used your QTR-claria-profiles on Epson premium glossy and
> semigloss for a while because until now I didn´t use MIS or other
> 3rd party inks because I expected clogging with the Epson r-285 (r-
> 280 in USA I think) and I´m not to much afraid of fading prints in
> 100 or 200 years. If that comes true I print them again when I´m 85
> or so, because than I have more time  ;  ) I´m impressed of the
> prints especially of pics with high detail (portrait and landscape
> with huge gray areas (sky) are not ideal because the midtone "grain"
> is more visible). I didn´t try the profile for HFBG but I´m going to
> get the paper and i´m hoping for good results (maybe even better as
> with pigments). The only problem with claria is: I can´t use matte
> papers. Did you try the printer with single MIS ebony in the K-
> Postion for matte paper (e.g. EEM) and is it compared to the claria-
> prints worth a try? Are matte prints with a single MIS MK more
> smooth than claria-BO on glossy/semiglossy prints? If this works and
> looks good I will sooner or later get a A3+ printer and close my wet-
> darkroom. I´m thinking of the r-1400 and changing between claria-
> black for gloss/semigloss and baryta and MIS-ebony for matte. Thanks
> for the good tips in this forum!
>
> Marcus