Digital BW, The Print

I do not have that paper.

Mark
http://www.stillrivereditions.com

On Apr 6, 2009, at 3:43 PM, Clayton Jones wrote:

> Hello Mark,
>
>> I have had my Epson 9900 for a few weeks now and was finally able to
>> do some tests to compare its ABW mode vs Piezotone selenium inks.
>> Bottom line, the Piezotones have much more depth to them. They look
>> 3D and the 9900 black and white prints do not. Color on the 9900 I
>> was able to tweak to match the Pieozone fairly close. All tests were
>> done on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag.
>
> Thanks for the report.  Is there any chance you can do the same  
> comparison on VFA?  The reason I ask is that HPR was one of my top  
> papers when I used Eboni-based ink sets, while VFA was good but  
> didn't stand out.  I kept some on hand only for testing.
>
> When my 2200 died the replacement warranty I had purchased with it  
> delivered to me a new 2400.  After acclimating to the new system I  
> found that the combination of K3 inks and VFA produced far better  
> results than K3/HPR, and even better than Eboni/HPR in some ways.   
> The depth effect as you mention (among other things), was very rich  
> compared to previous results.
>
> The result is that my entire paper lineup changed.  I still have  
> some HPR and I'm slowly trying to use it up, but it only works well  
> with a certain few images (and even then it's just acceptable).  My  
> general impression is that K3 and HPR are simply not a good match,  
> for whatever reason.  Getting good results with it always seems  
> like a struggle, where VFA just sings easily in tune.  BTW, another  
> favorite K3 paper for me is Innova's Soft Texture Art (STA).  It's  
> the best non-OBA paper for K3 I've found.  Hawk Mtn's Merlin  
> Natural is also a fine K3 paper, as is Museo Max - please don't get  
> the impression that K3 is only good on one paper.
>
> Bottom line is don't judge the ink by testing on just one paper.   
> It can make a big difference.  PZ may still beat out K3 on VFA, but  
> you won't know for sure until you test it.  K3 is also superb on  
> the Fiber Gloss type papers.
>
> Regards,
> Clayton
>
>
> Info on black and white digital printing at
> http://www.cjcom.net/digiprnarts.htm
> I-Trak 2.1   http://www.cjcom.net/itrak.htm
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