Digital BW, The Print

All of the factors you noted are reasonable.  Not having any experience
with the Staples paper, I can't really say.

Epson Enhanced Matte is not archival (it's acidic), and it prints warmly
with Eboni-6.  However, it's a good one to learn on.  Then for a more
neutral, very archival paper, try Epson Hot Press natural.  If you like the
warmth of the Enhanced matte, there are lots of good papers with that tone.

Paul

On Sat, Feb 9, 2013 at 5:56 PM, John <johnp@...> wrote:

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> I'm getting started with an Epson 1430 with the Eboni inks.
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> To get my feet wet, I got some cheap Staples photo matte paper simply
> to experiment without wasting a lot of $$$ on paper.
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> Today I tried some older Epson archival matte paper. I was surprised
> that the exact same image looks sharper on the Epson paper.
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> I'm trying to rationalize what the root causes of this might be:
> - paper surface texture
> - paper bleeding the ink
> - too much ink being loaded onto the Staples paper?
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> Maybe someone could shed some light on this for me?
>
> Thanks!
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> John P
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