Digital BW, The Print

Am I the only person who has experienced significant dot gain with 
the new Legion Photo Matte?  I'm using it on an Epson 1200, with the 
media settings that use the least amount of ink -- inkjet backlit 
film and "No Adjustment" or "Automatic" settings.  Very fine detail 
is lost because the bright highlights get smeared with a tad of 
adjoining gray.  This is only for very very fine highlights so it 
might not be noticeable for different types of images (I shoot 6 cm x 
9cm originals with a lot of fine detail).

Also, in general, I've found that the Epson 1200 [I have one set up 
with Gen 4 pigmented inks and another with the Roark/MIS VM inkset] 
can only be used on certain papers because of this same problem.  
Other popular papers that don't work great with the Epson 1200 are 
Museo and Epson Archival Watercolor; again because of two much ink 
laydown and dot gain/spreading.  Papers that show no dot gain include 
1) Torchon/Rivier, 2) Wells River/W. Turner, 3) Eclipse Bright Cube 
Satin, and 4) EAM.  EAM however wrinkles slightly because of 
excessive ink laydown.

Is this a problem unique to the 1200 -- does it laydown more ink that 
other 6 color printers, like the 1270 or 1280?

> Am I the only person who has experienced significant dot gain with
> the new Legion Photo Matte?  I'm using it on an Epson 1200, with the
> media settings that use the least amount of ink -- inkjet backlit
> film and "No Adjustment" or "Automatic" settings.

The 1200 is notorious for laying down a lot of ink. I'm using an 1160 so
what works for me may not apply for you, but I use the Matte Paper
HeavyWeight Media setting with good results.

Todd