George61d Posted May 8, 2007 Share #21 Â Posted May 8, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) I use the 2400 and Imageprint rip. Excellent results. But be aware that if you want to print both gloss and matt then you will have a problem with this printer as you have to swap photo black and matt balck respectively - each time you swap it has to clean out the previous ink in the pipes and head i.e it just flushes ink/money down the toilet. Â For this reason I also keep a small R800 handy. Â Quadtone Rip supports the R800 with some profiles. This is an excellent package but has limited paper support for the low end printers - you will have to pay for profiles or generate your own (which is fine). Quad tone rip does not support color printing. Â As important as the printer is the paper. Some fine papers have been mentioned above but I find the new fiber based gloss papers to be outstanding. I am also noticing a trend in competitions for judges to lean towards those prints that are on this type of paper. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Nick De Marco Posted May 8, 2007 Author Share #22  Posted May 8, 2007 Many thanks  I have done my first few (B&W) prints with the Epson 2400 this weekend. It is an awesome prionter but I think I have a lot to learn. I bought a load of Epson Archive matte paper which I now regret as I don't think it brings out the best, but I can use it to experimnet I guess. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
George61d Posted May 8, 2007 Share #23 Â Posted May 8, 2007 archival matt is not necessarilly a bad thing, but some of the others mentioned are better - are you using the matt black ink ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick De Marco Posted May 8, 2007 Author Share #24 Â Posted May 8, 2007 Yes I am george. And I must admit I am gowing to like it a bit... maybe that's why it's archive! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stnami Posted May 8, 2007 Share #25 Â Posted May 8, 2007 George it happens in the tropics on hot/humid days.....almost everyday there. Printed with the aircon on high, there is no such thing as a pure black it is made up of various dark pigments Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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