It really is a matter of preference. Glossy prints produce darker blacks
and more saturated colors, but they also tend to produce more artifacts such
as bronzing. Current printers have greatly reduced the negatives.
With black and white, things are a little more complex. The highest quality
is obtained with multiple blacks. For instance my 4880 is loaded with 8
different blacks/grays. The longest lasting are the pure carbon ink sets,
such as the Cone Piezography Sepia set, or Paul Roark's Eboni-6 and
Carbon-6. With no color pigments to cool off the carbon, these ink sets
give the best results in Aardenburg's longevity tests, about three times
better results than with neutralized BW sets, such as HPs gray pigmented
inks, and about 10 times better the OEM BW prints, such as Epson's k4 inks.
Of course, there's no printing of color with these ink sets.
Currently my favorite bw prints are made with Eboni-6 on Epson Hot Press
Natural paper. The prints are every so slightly warm.
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