Digital BW, The Print

Attn: Thomas Fors/Robert Morrison/John&Julie Gittins:

I've done some tests with epson pro glossy, and I'm on the verge of 
commiting to this paper (printing on epson 2200/ultrachrome inks).  
These will be my first digital prints after switching from wet work.  
I've tested about ten papers, and pro glossy is the only thing I've 
seen that significantly reduces bronzing.

I have just two concerns:

(1) Can't get a handle on permanence.  Phone call to Epson tech. was 
useless.  Posters on other lists mention the paper yellowing over time; 
one fellow mentioned the only hard number I've seen - epson claiming 
180 years, under glass, with the archival (not ultrachrome) inks.  I 
suspect this number, if correct, may have been issued when epson was 
less conservative in their claims, plus it's based on the more 
permanent inkset.

(2)  Paper becomes wavy with heavy ink laydown?  I can vary laydown on 
the 2200, but I haven't messed with this yet.  I've done smallish test 
prints on my 4 precious sample sheets (now down to 1/2 sheet) that seem 
fine, but the posts I've read about waviness said it was a big-print 
problem.

I'm interested in hearing from anyone who is actually selling prints 
made on this paper, and what they're telling their customers about 
longevity.  I've been fooling around with this too long; I need to pick 
and print!!!

Thanks so much,
Vic
Victor Allen Simon
http://victorallensimon.com/

Any other users of iProof?


--- In epson9600@yahoogroups.com, Peter Blake <stampstosave@h...> wrote:

> Can anyone tell me about the quality or their experience with iProof's

> PowerRip 2000 rip software for Epson's 7600/9600 printers



I use it to make BW prints without metamerism on my 2100. For that it

works very well. I do get some slight color shifts in the darker parts

of my images on glossy papers, but since the shift stays the same in

all lighting conditions it's easily corrected by a curve. On matte

papers the prints looks neutral wihout any additional curves. It

doesn't use any special printing modes for BW, so you can easily

combine color and BW in the same image and still avoid metamerism. The

dithering is slightly more coarse than with the Epson driver.




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