Digital BW, The Print

Vinny wrote:
> Gary, the box I had you could only see the difference in subdued
> light. If you looked at it near a bright window you could not see any
> diff. but in sibdued light you could really see a diff.

I had looked at the papers under daylight and bright tungsten lighting
before.  Just had a look under subdued tungsten lighting and there was still
no difference to my eyes, certainly no "Ahhh! Now I see it!".  No one else
here at the moment who can give me a second opinion.  Maybe I need my eyes
checked! :-)

Paul wrote:
> Gary,
> Do you have some test strips or photos that would show whether the new EAM
> you purchased has the same depth of black?

I haven't printed anything on paper from the new batch of EAM yet, but I
will do so this weekend and let you know what I see.

> In my comparison, the new white was just 0.01 darker -- not a real obvious
> problem.  On the other hand, we worry about the depth of black so
> much that the 1.60 of the new paper was a big disappointment next to the
> 1.68 of the last lot of EAM I had.  (These numbers are for the 3000 and
> Epson driver. The smaller desktops have slightly lighter blacks; the 7000
> has an even weaker black.  The Piezo driver also has a significantly
weaker
> black with desktop printers than does the Epson driver.)

Paul -- I don't have anything to measure density with.  What would you
recommend, if I wanted to purchase such a device?

Gary Benson
Eagle River, Alaska