I'd hoped to have a selection of large prints out of the Espon 4800 ready for the opening of the Daylesford Foto Biennale this weekend. It's been a tricky thing to balance - selecting new stock on a new printer in a short time vs wanting to make a good decision. I don't tend to chop and change with papers once it's in the system - with costs worked out, images tweaked etc.

I've decided to forget about having the prints ready for the opening, it would've been nice but in the scheme of things it doesn't matter as much as selecting the right stock.

I've ordered a 17" roll of Photo rag and will see how that goes. I last tried Photo rag about two years ago on the 2100 and liked the results but at the time the cost per sheet was just way too high relative to the type of product I was wanting to sell, especially individually made cards and smaller prints where the profit margin when you include labor isn't much at all - plus I like to have a consistent look across the range. It would be remiss of me however not to give Photo rag a good go on the 4800 as the cost of 308 17" roll isn't too bad at all vs Elegance.

The custom profile for Elegance arrived this morning (thanks Jeremy). I'll also get a profile for the Photo rag and compare prints at that time. If anyone has used both Photo rag vs Elegance I'd love to hear what they think.