I have recently purchased the Epson 4800 printer for use primarily to print fine art B&W images.
Given:
All of my work is shot in 2 Ό or 4x5 negative, then scanned at 8,000 lines on my Howtek 8000 line drum scanner. I then take the scanned file into CS2 and drop the res to a working res of 4,000 lines for the 4x5 images and leave it at 8,000 lines for 2 Ό. The 8K file is then archived.
After CS2 clean up and any burn/dodge is done to the working file, I then drop the 4K working resolution to 720 dpi from printing on the 4800. My CS2 settings are with Red River profiles loaded, printer output is set to Black Point Compensation On, Premium Photo Glossy paper, 2880 DPI, High Speed Off. The set up is for CS2 to manage the printer.
Im partial to glossy paper as it has a similar look to the Oriental Seagul that I used to use when printing with an enlarger. Paper Im currently printing on is the Red River UltraPro Gloss.
Mission:
Exchanging of printing set up techniques with other users of the Epson 4800 doing B&W work.
I would like to hear what others with the Epson 4800 have found to be their optimum techniques used to generate the best looking print. To my knowledge, nobody is making a set of B&W inks for the 4800 that would go beyond what the defaults inks are from Epson.
Any suggestions on refining my printing technique would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Jack
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