Digital BW, The Print

I loaded the new UT-FSN into my 7500 last night (thus the waste pad issue),
and it seems to be working extremely well - printing well on both matte and
glossy papers with the Eboni matte black ink installed.  In short, this is a
B&W solution that allows all paper types without changing the black ink.

 

The ink order was K = Eboni, C = FSN-C, M = FSN-C, LC = FSN-M, LM = FSN-M, Y
= FSN-Y.

 

With the Epson driver, Watercolor paper type, Color Controls checked, gamma
1.8, and a grayscale file, EEM prints with a good ramp and a 50% density of
0.72 or Lab L = 50.9.  The shadows are compressed, but that is also how my
calibrated monitor shows them - which I don't like.  With slider contrast
and brightness controls the shadows can be opened up to what I prefer.  Of
course, a RIP or curves could do even a better job. 

 

Epson Premium Semimatte also prints well with this ink setup.  Using the
curve that I made and posted for the 2000P and the UT-FS inksets, an RGB
file prints the blacks with the dual dark grays.  With the Epson driver I
withhold the matte black by turning off the Y ink.  The dmax is 2.1
initially and 2.23 after spraying with PremierArt Print Shield.  The
highlights are very smooth.  At 75 - 80% there is some roughness that might
be noticed in small prints, but in large display prints I doubt anyone is
ever going to notice it.  Also, this is a first effort, so there may be ways
to reduce this.

 

The results are so good I'm placing an order for a roll of Semimatte.  

 

Paul

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



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