Epson Ultra Premium Luster prints superbly in both BW and color with the Photo Black ink set. It's just a slight luster, a very nice finish and it gives great detail. Velvet Fine Art is a watercolor-like stock with a bit of tooth. It prints with the Matte Black ink and renders beautifully in both BW and color. The R2400 is infinitely superior to the 1270. particularly with BW. You will learn to love it. BTW, I switch ink sets and use both papers. But I try to plan ahead. I generally switch only after ten prints or so. And the nozzle setup routine isn't a full cleaning as far as I can tell. It doesn't seem to use a lot of ink. Enjoy. Paul -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ralf R. Radermacher) > Just received my spanking new R2400, this morning. Guess I should be > happy. Sorry to say I'm not. Not at all. > > Part of it is my usual attack of buyer's remorse, some kind of > post-natal depression I usually go through after every major purchase. > Especially when circumstances have forced me to buy something I hadn't > really wanted. > > The story? Epson have at last repaired my trusted Stylus Photo 1270 to > death (three trips to their outsourced German repair facilty and still > the same fault) and offered me this 2400 at a price too good to miss. > Still, I would have preferred another 1270 but they had none left for an > exchange. > > The problem? I can't use the heaps of Epson Photo Paper I still have. > This is particularly bitter for the Panorama size (21 x 60 cm) as they > make no other paper in this format. > > Worse, I've discovered that each swap between the matte and photo black > ink cartridges and the ensuing loooong nozzle-cleaning routine gobbles > up some 10 euros (15 USD) worth of ink. Epson being what they are, they > won't just clean the black nozzle but the lot of them, all 9 colours. > :-/ > > So, I guess I'll have to settle on one kind of paper, either matte or > glossy. Problem is I'd hate printing my colour photos on Epson's > Archival Matte (looks naff) or my b/w on Premium Glossy (looks like the > plasticky PE b/w papers from the 70's, yikes!). > > Anyone else with a 2400 who'd like to share his experience or a > suggestion for some paper that's OK with b/w and colour? > > Ralf > > -- > Ralf R. Radermacher - DL9KCG - Köln/Cologne, Germany > private homepage: http://www.fotoralf.de > manual cameras and photo galleries - updated Jan. 10, 2005 > Contarex - Kiev 60 - Horizon 202 - P6 mount lenses > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions.
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