Digital BW, The Print

I've just acquired an Epson 2400 printer. I plan to use it for both
B&W and color printing. With this in mind, what would be the best
paper and, for the B&W, what inks would people recommend for the B&W
cartridges of the 2400. I intend to stick with prefilled cartridges.

Thank you.

If you want a satin or fiber paper silver emulsion look, try Epson
Premium Semi Matte (see message 69902 for advanced black and white
setting suggestions). You print using the photo black ink on this
paper. This paper is sold in 17 x 22 sheets, which are too large for
your printer (I have a 4800), so cut it down and use the residual
strips for small test prints. Kirkland Premium Glossy (sold at Costco)
is a good proof paper substitute for EPSM. If you are looking for
black and white prints on cotton rag paper (matte black ink) look at
Clayton Jones' website for paper suggestions. There are a series of
excellent essays there, including one about workflow on the 2400
printer. Good luck.

I have found that for photo black (glossy prints) on the 2400,  
Kirkland is not as good as it was with UT2 inks. It is still pretty  
good, but it has more gloss diferential.
Premium semi-matte has the same amount of gloss dif as Kirkland.  
Premium semi gloss is quite a bit better,
Premium lustre has even less gloss dif, but the surface is more obvious.
Premium glossy has even less gloss dif, and finally ultra premium  
glossy has no gloss dif or bronzing whatsoever.
All of these are really good image wise, but that is the order in  
terms of gloss dif/bronzing. I would say that none really have  
"bronzing" like the old UT2 or UC inks. I alos think that the ultra  
premium has the nicest surface, and that the preium lustre has my  
least favorite surface, and the most evidence of actual bronzing. I  
do use preium lustre for certain things like headshots.
On Jan 28, 2006, at 6:58 AM, rgoldman2 wrote: