Lumijet Papers on the Epson 1200
Ralph Brown
Epson inks on my 1200.
First to calibrate myself. I think the main differences between the Epson
Photo Paper and Film is that the film is better at dealing with soft
gradiants so it looks less harsh than the Photo paper, but I don't really
like the slight haze on the surface compared to the photo paper.
Gallery Gloss - This is quite nice, it seems about half way between Epson
Photo Paper and film. Unfortunately it is VERY susceptible to pizza wheel
marks. Not quite as saturated as the Epson papers, a little warmer.
Soft Suede - This is essentially a very mat paper. It's ok, but I wasn't
crazy about it. Less saturated like the Gallery Gloss and more prone to
show print head lines than the others.
Flaxen Weave - This is a very textured water color paper. The color is good,
obviously some sharpeness is lost and I'm not sure what the correct subject
matter is. I was doing a standard portrait of my wife I use and that is not
the right thing. It has a very pronounced weave texture. A bit warmer than
the Gallery Gloss.
Museum Parchment - Another heavy water color paper, less textured than the
Flaxen weave. Similar otherwise, not quite as warm. This was quite nice, a
bit soft, but still quite acceptably sharp. Again, for my taste a little to
much texture for a portrait, but I can imagine using this for something like
a landscape or maybe a night city scene. Both this and the Velour below are
interesting because the dots bleed a bit into each other and really smooth
out gradiants at a minor cost in sharpness.
Classic Velour - I LOVE this paper, it is again, very heavy water color
paper, a bit warmer than the others, and with even less texture than the
Parchment. However, it really shows off the ink well, the colors look very
clean with great black. As with the Parchment, very smooth gradiants, seems
a bit sharper, not quite like the Epson papers, but pretty close. There is a
bit of texture, however, unless you are in a brightly lit area, it is not at
all intrusive. Anyway, I just wish it were less expensive and more
available.
This effect of the dots bleeding into each other is something to play with.
Out of focus backgrounds turn into a watercolor effect (duh) while the sharp
foreground is really quite sharp enough for my taste.
The last three above are amazingly stiff, really like a card stock, but the
printer fed them without complaint.
Anyway, I have nothing to do with Lumijet or Hunt, but they are at:
I got the paper at WBHunt in Melrose, MA
Ralph
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Aunty Dan
If you are using archival paper, are you also using a non-Epson archival
ink-set? If so which one? If not surely you are not creating properly
archival prints (Assuming this is you intention.)
Also do you think the pizza wheels might be removable on the 1200 like
people have successfully done on the 3000?
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Ralph Brown <sp...@shore.net> wrote in message
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> So I tried a sample pack of the Lumijet Archival papers using the standard
> Epson inks on my 1200.
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