The matte black ink will give a better black on the coated fine art print papers, that was the explanation given to me. So I will go with that ink as I do not use glossy papers, at least in my wide format printers. Diana York 888-807-2248 Hawk Mountain Art Papers www.hawkmtnartpapers.com 100% cotton digital fine art inkjet print papers ----- Original Message ----- From: <PhotoRoy6@aol.com> > If the ink is the same price and you are using matte paper what makes the > matte ink better than the glossy ink? I currently use 1270 dye ink and the > ink on glossy paper is glossy and on matte paper is matte so why has Epson > come out with two inks? There must be a reason, unknown to us at present. - Turn off HTML mail features. Keep quoted material short. Use accurate subject lines. http://www.leben.com/lists for list instructions.