Thanks a lot for everybody's input! It's all very helpful. I've got my first few prints last night using the paper I got from the local Circu($)City. Unfortunately, neither of the local shops (CC,BestBuy, OfficeDepot) had any interesting matte paper, so I did a few prints on the small 4x6 Epson Ultra Premium Glossy Photo Paper, - to test it out, while waiting for the mail-order papers.
First impressions: 1. I recalled why I prefer matte finish. 2. Nevertheless, - the overall quality is very good. 3. The prints were coming a bit darker than what I was expecting them to be. I cannot blame just the calibration of my CRT monitor, as I am looking at the hystogram, - and it looks very reasonable. Making the photos brighter would start blowing off the highlights. (I am printing from LR.) I didn't find profile for the _Ultra_... - only for "Premium Glossy Photo", - so I am not sure if that what does the trick. (Any suggestions?) I was using "relative" intent in LR. What would "perceptual" option would do differently? 4. It might be the calibration of my monitor, but yellow and light-brown colors were somewhat shifted towards red, becoming more brown. (What I would call more of a typical Kodak film tone). And now, - one more important question: --- How much do the cartridges typically last? (some typical numbers for the number of certain size photos) - I am trying to estimate when (and how many) I should buy them. Do any of them get used more than the others while printing various color photos? Thanks again! Igor -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
