Digital BW, The Print

I'm getting good enough results to start supporting Arches Hot Press with
the 2200 and UT7.  

 

At 2880 the paper is smooth enough for many purposes.  The paper seems to
print smoothest with the driver controls as opposed to existing curves.
I'll be playing around with it to see what works best.

 

The big news, however, is that the "Ink Configuration" option in the 2200
allows the "Color Density" (ink limit) to be increased 20%.  While this
doesn't seem to help most coated papers, with Arches Hot Press it kicks the
dmax up to 1.52.  That is very impressive for an un-coated paper.

 

So far, I've just been testing the thin Hot Press.  I'll move up to the 300
gsm (what they call "140") ASAP.

 

This option on the 2200 (as well as its other features) has now changed my
printer recommendations - for me the 2200 is now worth the extra money
relative to the 1280.

 

Paul

www.PaulRoark.com <http://www.paulroark.com/>  



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