Digital BW, The Print

"flashinet" <flashinet@...> wrote:
>
> ... Epson 1400 ... MIS UT14 inks. ...
> 
> Early in the day I've prepared some prints on my Epson 7900 
> on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag printed with ABW driver and QTR 
> created profiles.
 
> When I've got 1400 working I've printed the gray wedge, measured
> it after drying and made a profile. The I've printer wedge 
> using profile and compared it to 7900 printed wedge. ...
>  7900 has much better linearity.

I pulled an old UT14 file (Kirkland) and looked at the print Lab L.  It's posted with the 7900 Lab L results here:
http://www.paulroark.com/BW-Info/1400-7900.jpg

They look about like they should for a Gray Gamma 2.2 workspace.

The Lab L results you posted do not look like an ICC was loaded and working.

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com 






> 
> Then I've printed out 4 images on 1400 to compare with prints from 7900. When I compared prints (dark, light and mid-tone images) I didn't see them different enough to speak about. Pretty much the same. Which is not a bad thing for $200 printer to give quality on a par with $4000 printer.  
> 
> My 7900 does have problems with darks, some images have more details 
> on screen than on prints and I hoped monochrome inks would improve it, but no luck. May be QTR curves will improve it?
> Jacob Mann
>  
>  website: http://www.photo3dart.com
>  blog: http://photo3dart.com/wordpress
> 
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "flashinet" <flashinet@> wrote:
> >
> > Hello everybody,
> > 
> > I'm fine art photographer working mainly with black and white. I print my own photographs on Epson 7900 using ABW driver and like the results, I also exhibit my prints. 
> > Still I'm reading about dedicated B&W printers and monochrome inks like Paleography or MIS and I'm worried that I'm missing something in quality .  
> > I've made some research and figured that I can give it a try by buying Epson 1400 printer and UT14 inks.
> > 
> > But the question is: Is it worth it? Is quality going to be so much better so it's worth all this money and trouble?
> > 
> > Thanks you very much,
> > Jacob Mann
> > 
> > website: http://www.photo3dart.com
> > blog: http://photo3dart.com/wordpress
> >
>