Epson ET-8550 Velvet Fine Art Paper settings uses Pigment and Dye Black

[thebestcpu]

I won't get a VFA sample sheet for a test but I have a sample pack on order with various Hahnemühle cotton type papers on order and will do what we recommendet above - testing with different driver settings.

https://www.fine-art-papiere.de/hahnemuehle-matt-fine-art-smooth-testpackung-din-a4.html

Hi @Ink stained Fingers
It will be great to see your results.
One thing that might be worth checking in your tests is the difference between the standard and the highest quality setting. The difference may not kick in until the highest quality level is chosen. We could DM if you want details behind that hunch.

John Wheeler

 

[Fried Chicken]

Jose Rodriguez now did some testing on some Canson Aquarelle paper and found significantly better black/shadow results. Not sure what that paper is:

Again it speaks to the problem with the printers/manufacturers defining how an ICC profile is implemented.