Digital BW, The Print

Is it possible to get a clean print using this combo? My 1280 has 
MIS Ebony black and MIS orig. archival color inks on a CIS 
system...this system works wonderfully w/other papers...in fact, the 
B/O prints (and color) are really nice on EEM and Moab entrada, but 
this Red River Aurora paper I can't get a clean sharp print...almost 
like the ink doesn't want to 'take' to the paper. This is most 
noticed when printing the Pantone Profiler-Plus callibration target, 
not to mention regular photos that print fine on the other papers. I 
really want to figure this paper out, but am stuck. Any 
ideas/suggestions much appreciated..thanks(!)

Best,
Mark

Hello Mark,

> Is it possible to get a clean print using this combo? My 1280 has 
> MIS Ebony black and MIS orig. archival color inks on a CIS 
> system...this system works wonderfully w/other papers...in fact,
the 
> B/O prints (and color) are really nice on EEM and Moab entrada, but 
> this Red River Aurora paper I can't get a clean sharp
print...almost 
> like the ink doesn't want to 'take' to the paper. 

Is the the same as "Aurora Art"?  I use that and get excellent BO
prints.
Are you printing on the coated side?

Regards,
Clayton


Info on black and white digital printing at    
http://www.cjcom.net/digiprnarts.htm

Yes Clayton it is the Aurora Art...yes am printing on the coated 
side, and 
using a 50' roll (24" x 50'), so the paper has a curl to it going 
into the printer, although that shouldn't matter...I tried the b/o 
settings you suggest, which work wonderfully on the other papers, 
but it just isn't 'right' on this substrate. Banding, foggy details, 
slightly off of what it should be. Maybe a bad batch of paper? Is 
this unheard of? Or is this just a tricky paper to work with?

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Clayton Jones" 
<cj@c...> wrote:
> Hello Mark,
> 
> > Is it possible to get a clean print using this combo? My 1280 
has 
> > MIS Ebony black and MIS orig. archival color inks on a CIS 
> > system...this system works wonderfully w/other papers...in fact,
> the 
> > B/O prints (and color) are really nice on EEM and Moab entrada, 
but 

> > this Red River Aurora paper I can't get a clean sharp
> print...almost 
> > like the ink doesn't want to 'take' to the paper. 
> 
> Is the the same as "Aurora Art"?  I use that and get excellent BO
> prints.
> Are you printing on the coated side?
> 
> Regards,
> Clayton
> 
> 
> Info on black and white digital printing at    
> http://www.cjcom.net/digiprnarts.htm

Hello Mark,

>Yes Clayton it is the Aurora Art...yes am printing on the coated 
>side

Oh, well, so much for that.


>I tried the b/o settings you suggest, which work wonderfully on the 
>other papers, but it just isn't 'right' on this substrate. Banding, 
>foggy details...Maybe a bad batch of paper?

I'm at a loss for other ideas.  I suppose it could be a bad batch.


>is this just a tricky paper to work with?

Did you see my write-up on it in the "Great Paper Chase" article?  
Basically it just needs a bit of contrast boost, otherwise it's much
like other papers.

Have you tried changing the paper thickness lever to see what happens?


Regards,
Clayton


Info on black and white digital printing at    
http://www.cjcom.net/digiprnarts.htm