I recently bought an Epson R2400 after a long period of deliberation. The first print I made was in color on Photo Rag, and I was completely blown away. I had never seen any high end digital prints prior to buying the 2400, and I had no idea I would be so impressed.
I had a stack of Velvet Fine Art paper on hand and decided to try a few prints on that. However, in both cases the results were unexpected. The print looks almost like a watercolor painting; the detail is very poor, colors are blocked up and the out of focus areas look as if the "paint daubs" filter was applied in Photoshop.
I can't imagine this is what prints are "supposed" to look like on VFA - people rave about it and I've never heard anything like this in regard to the paper. However, I've double and triple checked my settings and they seem to be correct. (Paper: Velvet Fine Art; ICC: Velvet Fine Art Best Photo.icc, Perceptual, No color management)
Prints on Photo Rag, William Turner, Premier Platinum Rag, etc. look fantastic.
Any ideas?