Digital BW, The Print

Doesn't sound too far off if he is using Epson MK ink


> From: dfaprinting <dfaprinting@...>
> Reply-To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Wed, 03 Aug 2005 13:46:51 -0000
> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: [Digital BW] matte paper dmax with the 2400/4800
> 
> I'm trying to help someone else out. They are getting what I consider
> very low dmax with the 2400 and Epson matte black ink on just about
> every matte paper tried. Values like 1.6 - 1.65 for papers like
> Hahnemuhle Photo Rag and German Etching, trying both the "normal" RGB
> color mode and ABW mode with several different paper types and driver
> settings. He's measuring with a brand new i1 spectro (i1 photo), and
> from everything I've read, all the settings are correct. I searched the
> archives to see if I could find a typical set of values for any of the
> more common matte papers, but either chose the wrong keywords or didn't
> find any. So if anyone has either density or Lab values for papers like
> the above two or EEM/EAM (any other Epson paper) we would be grateful.
> 
> One of the next tests is to have him send me a printed profile target
> (probably on an Epson paper so he can call Epson with the results) that
> he measured, and then I'll measure it and we'll compare the results,
> though I don't really expect to see much difference between our
> respective i1 spectro's. Thanks, Greg.
>