Paper settings

[Bill Jaynes]

When paper mfg's suggest a paper setting, how strictly should that be followed? Reason I ask, we're looking for a smooth matte paper with a reasonbly bright face but without OBA's for archival reasons. That's led to trying Epson's Ultra Smooth Fine Art paper.
Last night we printed using Epson's profile and the recommended paper setting of Watercolor RW. These prints weren't very good, so we checked the profile date and it appears Epson hasn't updated that since the middle of '05. We'd gotten one of those 7' rolls and hadn't many options left. Tried the last print speccing Enhanced Matte for paper type and got what looked like a near duplicate of the screen image. The temptation is to buy a 50' foot roll and forge ahead with the EM paper setting. Is that crazy? Using a 4800 Pro.
Thanks,
Bill

[JeffKohn]

When paper mfg's suggest a paper setting, how strictly should that be followed? Reason I ask, we're looking for a smooth matte paper with a reasonbly bright face but without OBA's for archival reasons. That's led to trying Epson's Ultra Smooth Fine Art paper.
Last night we printed using Epson's profile and the recommended paper setting of Watercolor RW. These prints weren't very good, so we checked the profile date and it appears Epson hasn't updated that since the middle of '05. We'd gotten one of those 7' rolls and hadn't many options left. Tried the last print speccing Enhanced Matte for paper type and got what looked like a near duplicate of the screen image. The temptation is to buy a 50' foot roll and forge ahead with the EM paper setting. Is that crazy? Using a 4800 Pro.
Thanks,
Bill
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Call me crazy, but I think would think the "Ultrasmooth Fine Art Paper" would be a good one to try with that particular paper.  

If you're using a canned profile it probably makes sense to use whatever paper type was used for the profile creation. If you're creating your own profiles, experimenting with different paper type settings can be very beneficial. It just so happens that the "Ultrasmooth" setting in the one I've gotten good results with for heavy-weight matte papers such as Photo Rag and Ultrasmooth (the latter is not as good as Photo Rag in my experience, but I can at least get it in 13" rolls for pano printing).

[Bill Jaynes]

Call me crazy, but I think would think the "Ultrasmooth Fine Art Paper" would be a good one to try with that particular paper.  

Thanks Jeff,
We were a little confused last night. Was on an unfamiliar Mac and the data sheet from Epson said to check Watercolor. Sure enough, though, USFAP is there in the Mac paper chooser! Thanks for pointing that out.
Bill