Mitch,
Thanks, very helpful. No future need to cross-post -- I'll
follow your progress on the Epson9000. Good luck
Bill
--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Mitch Alland
<malland@x> wrote:
> Bill:
>
> > Mitch, having seen some of your work (if I've got the name right -
-
> > when you parachuted into our briefly-lived D.C. Piezo group?), I'm
> > really most interested in how you find color and BW prints from
your
> > 7600
>
> Earlier this week, I posted my initial experience on the Epson9000
list
> as follows:
>
> > Subject: Results from new 7600
> >
> > Having received my 7600 on Monday, I started with Photo Black and
> > Epson Premium Semi-Matte paper hoping for "satisfying blacks."
Also I
> > purchased ImagePrint 5 and downloaded the Atkinson profiles.
Here's my
> > experience so far:
> >
> >
> > Color
> > -------
> > I prefer the results with the Atkinson profile to the ImagePrint,
and
> > so do other people who have seen the two sets of prints. The
results
> > form the Atkinson and ImagePrint profiles are very close, but the
> > ImagePrint profiles produce more open shadows and the darker
shadow
> > areas of the Atkinson profile look better in the prints. I tried
both
> > the 1440 and 2880 Atkinson profiles and could not find any
difference
> > between the two, looking either with the naked eye or through a
10x
> > loupe, so my advice is to conserve ink and print at 1440.
> >
> > Color prints on the Semi-Matte paper look acceptable, although I
still
> > prefer the matte papers, EAM and Photo Rag, that I previously
used on
> > the 1290.
> >
> >
> > B&W
> > -------
> > I made B&W prints using only ImagePrint and compared them to
prints
> > made with Piezography using an 1160 on EAM and Photo Rag.
> >
> > The look of the prints on Semi-Matte are, to put it simply,
yucky; and
> > there is some bronzing depending on the angle at which the prints
are
> > being viewed.
> >
> > The Piezography prints look much better mainly because the of the
> > matte papers which gives better contrast and more luminous look .
> > Again, the ImagePrint prints show a little more shadow detail
than the
> > Piezography prints, but I don't know whether this is because of
the
> > difference in the matte versus glossy-type paper or because of
the
> > ImagePrint profile; perhaps it's a combination of the two. But
the
> > lesser shadow detail (darker shadows) looks better.
> >
> >
> > Conclusions
> > ----------------
> > Photo Black and the Semi-Matte paper with the Atkinson profile is
a
> > perfectly acceptable solution for color prints, and is indeed
very
> > close in visual quality and gamut to prints using 1290 (dye) inks
on
> > matte paper. I think the difference in the "semi-gloss" of the
> > Semi-Matte paper and the matte papers would not show in prints
framed
> > under glass. If I were printing only color I would have no need
for
> > ImagePrint.
> >
> > For B&W prints the Semi-Matte paper is unacceptable.
> >
> > I think that after completing some twenty-five prints for an
> > exhibition on the Semi-Matte paper (mainly at 16x24 and some at
24x36
> > inch size), I'll switch to a matte paper.
> >
> >
> > Questions:
> > --------------
> > 1. My matte paper experience is only with Photo Rag, which I like
a
> > lot, but an Epson paper is more easily available in Bangkok. I
> > understand Epson Velvet Fine Art produces a good gamut. Any
> > suggestions for matte paper to use?
> >
> > 2. I assume that I'll have to switch to Photo Black, or is there
some
> > Photo Black/matte paper combination that works well? [I wish
Epson had
> > included 8 ink cartridges which allow keeping Photo Black and
Matte
> > Black ink in the printer all the time...and a ninth cartridge for
> > spraying a polyurethane coating :-) ]
> >
> > 3. I am still within my 30-day trial period for ImagePrint. I
assume I
> > will need it for B&W, or do you think I can get good B&W results
with
> > the Atkinson profiles? I gather this is what Mark Tucker is
doing,
> > with some tweaking of the profiles, but I don't have a "tweaker."
> >
> > --Mitch/Bangkok
>
> Since then I just started using the Mac OSX version of ImagePrint,
and
> I will be posting some more conclusions on the Epson9000 list,
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> are likely to be much more favorable to IP5. Would you like me to
> cross-post here, or can you follow this on Epson9000?
>
> --Mitch/Bangkok
>
>
>
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