Re: OT: printer question - which would you do?

2016-12-22 Thread ann sanfedele
On 12/22/2016 3:35 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: 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 wondered if that were the case... I generally prefer n

Re: OT: printer question - which would you do?

2016-12-22 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
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

Re: OT: printer question - which would you do?

2016-12-22 Thread Igor PDML-StR
I ended up doing something similar to what Paul is doing: printing only on the papers that are suitable for Photo Black. Prior to that, for most purposes, I've preferred Matte papers at photo labs. With my Epson (R2880), - I am using either pearl/luster or, occasionally glossy (when needed or

Re: OT: printer question - which would you do?

2016-12-22 Thread ann sanfedele
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 wrote: If

Re: OT: printer question - which would you do?

2016-12-21 Thread Paul Stenquist
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 wrote: > > If you don't want to keep going back and forth between photo black and matte > blac

OT: printer question - which would you do?

2016-12-21 Thread ann sanfedele
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