Digital BW, The Print

Hello Stephen,

>I just bought a box of Epson Velvet Fine Art and wonder if the 
>curves and profiles I have for EEM will work reasonably well with 
>this paper.  It apparently has the same coating as EEM.

I've often wondered about the "same coating" claim that some papers
use. Kayenta and Entrada are supposed to be the same, and EEM/VFA, but
in both cases my experience is that they all have quite a different
response.  I'm not doubting the claim, just that it doesn't mean the
papers will react the same.

More specific to EEM and VFA, with my 2400 they are quite different. 
Given a certain image and ABW setting, the two papers with their
respective profiles do not produce prints that look alike.  I've found
that the VFA setting works well with most matte papers as well as VFA,
while the EEM setting, when I used it in the beginning, produced oddly
colorized and unsatisfying looking prints on everything I tried,
including EEM.  I get better results using the VFA setting on EEM.  

You didn't say what printer and ink you're using, but I suggest to
simply try some tests and you'll immediately know the answer for your
setup and your own tastes.


Regards,
Clayton


Info on black and white digital printing at    
http://www.cjcom.net/digiprnarts.htm