First B&W print on Premium semi-gloss
The printer is FAST, really FAST.. I didn't time the A3+ print, will do that next time, but it didn't taken long at all, a fraction of the time the 2100 takes. It hums along, very much what it is I guess, a production machine. The new print head does the business speed-wise.
There was also a much shorter delays throughout using the driver e.g. from the time I ok'd the print in the driver to the time the preview appeared.
Now the print itself - I've pushed it through on Advanced B&W, Colour Toning Neutral.
First impression - the print is very neutral... the best B&W inkjet print I've seen to date. I'm excited, given this is only a first print. I haven't printed any B&W (or seen any Ultrachrome B&W print) as neutral and as rich as this to date. Smooth too. My best B&W print on the 2100 looks fairly shabby beside it.
Bronzing - hmm... not sure yet. Straight out of the printer, hard to say (definitely some gloss differential, but that is different to bronzing) . I'm going to make a cuppa and let the print sit and have another look. It's been a long day.
The image I've printed is http://www.petewalsh.com.au/flash/#picno=1&galno=2
(groovy to have bookmarks in a flash site isn't it! Oh, if the use of flash is something that bothers you, view the image in the html site) As it was shot into the sun it's a got a few areas that are blown out, so a good test to see what magic the printer can work across those areas, without anything like a gloss optimizer.
posted by Pete Walsh @ 11:20 PM 9 comments
At 11:56 PM, Anonymous said...
enjoying the blog -- going up that ladder took guts
At 12:10 AM, Pete Walsh said...
lol, thanks. My wife had other words for it! ;-)
There was no way it was sitting on the floor downstairs tonight.
At 12:19 AM, Roald said...
I read your history loud form my wife. She only smiles and knows I'm expecting the R2400 to come to the store tomorrow (In Tokyo)!!
This is good stuff!
At 12:43 AM, Anonymous said...
Just a quick thanks for going through the trouble - we're expecting ours any day.
How's the bronzing looking as the print dries?
Cheers,
Jarek
At 12:54 AM, Pete Walsh said...
I think bronzing is still an issue - but this is only one paper type so far, a few hours playing around.
At 5:49 PM, Anonymous said...
Lovely image (and several others that are just as fantastic).
But a pity that you use Flash, because that means my mouse buttons and browser shortcuts don't work anymore. :(
At 9:32 PM, Pete Walsh said...
A html version of the site is available if the use of Flash ails you :)
http://www.petewalsh.com.au/html/
Both sites run of the same backend and share the same assets etc.
At 5:20 PM, Anonymous said...
Thanks, that's probably better for ease-of-use!
At 11:12 PM, Pete Walsh said...
Your welcome, I like both versions. The layout isn't ideal for a blog though!
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