IME, generally speaking Photo Black won't give as deep a black on matte papers as Matte Black. On the other hand, Matte Black will sometimes run or smear on some glossy and textured papers.
I mostly print on matte surface papers. In all the years I had the R2400, I think I switched from Matte Black to Photo Black three times, each time to use Photo Black on Epson Exhibition Fiber paper (my favorite non-matte paper surface). That paper is a heavy, almost card stock, weight and produces a look very similar to that of Kodabromide Glossy, air-dried without the use of a ferrotyping machine for a satiny gloss look. Lots of depth and sharpness! G > On Dec 22, 2016, at 9:00 AM, ann sanfedele <ann...@nyc.rr.com> wrote: > > Thanks, Paul... > > I hoped as much > > ann > > > On 12/21/2016 10:28 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: >> I solved that problem by printing on Epson's best paper almost all the time >> (premium luster). >> But I would use photo black all the time. >> >> Paul via phone >> >>> On Dec 21, 2016, at 10:01 PM, ann sanfedele <ann...@nyc.rr.com> wrote: >>> >>> If you don't want to keep going back and forth between photo black and >>> matte black on the R2400 (or the like) is it less harmful to print >>> something on matte paper with the photo black cartridge in or glossy paper >>> with the matte black in? >>> >>> The r2400 knows which and doesn't offer a paper setting for the other, but >>> I got not terrible results with the matte black in and printing a little >>> print on 4 x 6 Epson glossy and the setting on inkjet photo paper setting. >>> >>> what say ya? >>> >>> ann -- 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.
