Digital BW, The Print

Check what he gets on EEM.  It should be around your numbers below.  But
Epson MK does not perform that well on other thicker paper (HPR, PJA etc).


> From: dfaprinting <dfaprinting@...>
> Reply-To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Wed, 03 Aug 2005 19:08:23 -0000
> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: Re: [Digital BW] matte paper dmax with the 2400/4800
> 
> OK, thanks. I'll let him know that maybe he's not that far off the mark
> then. Just seemed strange that the third party inks which are all
> pigment would do better than the OEM ink with its portion of dye. When
> I compared it to what I get with a matte similar to Eboni, it seemed
> real low, I get 1.72 to 1.73 on GE depending on how the spectro reads
> that single patch. If I run the printer at the real full output, this
> ink achieves the 1.7x at about 50%, and holds it all the way to the
> end. Which is one thing Eboni would never do for me, a few steps past
> maximum and the density started to drop again.
>