Digital BW, The Print

"rogergrindley" <rogergrindley@...> wrote:
>
> ... I have an epson r200 with 6 MIS UT inks installed 
>(Eboni black for matt prints). 

I take it you have the UT-R2 inkset as discussed in 
http://www.paulroark.com/BW-Info/R200_R2_Readme.pdf 

> I have been trying unsuccessfully to print a b&w pic 
> from photoshop CS2. Whilst waiting for some matte paper 
> to arrive, I printed on glossy paper. The result was not 
> too bad but not printing dark shadows very well.

The Eboni black ink is matte black, for matte paper only.  You need "Photo black" for the glossy paper. 

> I then tried matte. It seems to print shadow ok, but 
> there are virtually no grays - just a lot of plain white paper! 

Always do a nozzle check before doing serious printing.  It sounds like you have some inks that are not firing.

Be sure you've removed the tabs that block the air intakes on the tops of the carts.  OEM carts don't have these, but third party carts require the air intakes to be opened up.

After you're sure the air intakes are clear, it may need to sit overnight for ink to flow down into the outlets.

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com