Digital BW, The Print

Update for Paul and other Epson R1800 users on my recent paper tests 
using QTR, Eboni Black and Paul Roark's R1800 QTR profiles
.
Papers tested in order of personal preference and d_max (measured with 
Printfix Pro 2.1):

1. Hahnemule Photo Rag (HPR) 188gsm A4 - D-max = 1.72
2. PremierArt Hot Press 205g (12mils) 8.5" x 11"  - D-max = 1.64
3. Arches Hot Press Bright White 20" x 30" cut to A4 - D-max = 1.56

Notes:
HPR and PA are very similar in tone (off-white) and both print very 
smooth, slightly warm prints. (I prefer warm vs cool)
Arches HP is a much warmer/yellower paper with a significantly weaker D-
max that I find unacceptable for my work.

Cheers
Jim

I agree with the assessment of the Arches paper.  Although I was able to get
1.6 out of a test strip, the last 5% is blotchy.  I do not think it's an
appropriate paper for most people and most situations. 

 

Paul

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

 

 

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From: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of jvircoe
Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 1:50 AM
To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Digital BW] Eboni_3 R1800 Paper Test Results

 

Update for Paul and other Epson R1800 users on my recent paper tests 
using QTR, Eboni Black and Paul Roark's R1800 QTR profiles
.
Papers tested in order of personal preference and d_max (measured with 
Printfix Pro 2.1):

1. Hahnemule Photo Rag (HPR) 188gsm A4 - D-max = 1.72
2. PremierArt Hot Press 205g (12mils) 8.5" x 11" - D-max = 1.64
3. Arches Hot Press Bright White 20" x 30" cut to A4 - D-max = 1.56

Notes:
HPR and PA are very similar in tone (off-white) and both print very 
smooth, slightly warm prints. (I prefer warm vs cool)
Arches HP is a much warmer/yellower paper with a significantly weaker D-
max that I find unacceptable for my work.

Cheers
Jim

 



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Paul
I would just like to take the opportunity to thank you for the work 
you have done in creating the R1800 Eboni QTR profiles and making 
them freely available to people like myself who just can't get their 
heads around the magic of curves / linearisation.

The prints I am now printing (8"x10") using your profiles are among 
the best I have ever produced and having the option of either HPR or 
PremierArt Hot Press (with no brightners) is fantastic, as is the 
peace of mind I get from using pure carbon (Eboni) without having to 
add color toning and the associated potential fading issues .

A side-note - I found that I noticed very faint parallel black lines 
in some prints when printing PA using the uni-directional setting in 
QTR. This may just be ink settling in the grain of the paper - not 
sure? Anyway, I was able to remove this by using the bi-directional 
setting with no lose in overall print quality.

Also, this is the first time I have tried PA and I am very impressed 
with the suitable tonality of this paper with Eboni. So much so, 
that I can quite happily put up with the reduced d-max when compared 
with HPR.

Thanks again.
Jim

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Roark" 
<paul.roark@...> wrote:
>
> I agree with the assessment of the Arches paper.  Although I was 
able to get
> 1.6 out of a test strip, the last 5% is blotchy.  I do not think 
it's an
> appropriate paper for most people and most situations. 
> 
>  
> 
> Paul
> 
> www.PaulRoark.com <http://www.paulroark.com/>  
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
>   _____  
> 
> From: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of 
jvircoe
> Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 1:50 AM
> To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Digital BW] Eboni_3 R1800 Paper Test Results
> 
>  
> 
> Update for Paul and other Epson R1800 users on my recent paper 
tests 
> using QTR, Eboni Black and Paul Roark's R1800 QTR profiles
> .
> Papers tested in order of personal preference and d_max (measured 
with 
> Printfix Pro 2.1):
> 
> 1. Hahnemule Photo Rag (HPR) 188gsm A4 - D-max = 1.72
> 2. PremierArt Hot Press 205g (12mils) 8.5" x 11" - D-max = 1.64
> 3. Arches Hot Press Bright White 20" x 30" cut to A4 - D-max = 1.56
> 
> Notes:
> HPR and PA are very similar in tone (off-white) and both print 
very 
> smooth, slightly warm prints. (I prefer warm vs cool)
> Arches HP is a much warmer/yellower paper with a significantly 
weaker D-

> max that I find unacceptable for my work.
> 
> Cheers
> Jim
> 
>  
> 
> 
> 
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>

When using the Eboni_3 black combination with the R1800, is it necessary to
using cleaning carts when changing from Eboni K to Photo K and back? I
sometimes need to do glossy but can do it without the Glop, so it is only
changing black-to-black.

 

Thanks,

Peter


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