Your mention of the Workforce printer reminded me I once had one, over ten years ago. I remember doing prints with it on art papers. I found some old prints and an old hard drive with the photos on. I was able to do as you suggested; compare the pigment print with the newly printed dye print...
Yes. There are other options for watercolour style inkjet papers. I prefer using Aches for two main reasons; firstly, its about 1/4 the price of inkjet paper . Secondly, I like the look and feel of prints on Arches paper.
However, I do get the occasional issue with a 'grainy' or "mottle" look...
Arches is a pure cotton paper used mainly for watercolour paintings. I print all my b/w photos on this paper with a dedicated printer using a carbon ink set.
I have a set of clour pigment inks for the et-7750 from Octoinkjet as recommended by Martin ( of Octoinkjet ).
But I'm still debating...
Once again, Thank you so much!!
If you don't mind I would like to ask for your opinion. I want to print mostly on uncoated papers, such as Arches HP 180gms. Would I get better prints by converting the printer to a pigment ink set?
All is good. Big thanks!!
Could you help with black track marks I'm getting with certain uncoated papers. In this case Arches HP 180gms. Also as you see from photo, there are slight over spray issues ?
Thanks for the reply. I'm testing with uncoated plain papers. I've done print head algnment checks. As I said no issues when printing from the front tray.