Printing on Transparency Paper with a Mac.

Printing on Transparency Paper with a Mac.
Hi there
I am having issues printing to transparency paper with my Mac.
I am using a Epson DX5000 ink jet printer, with ink jet transparency paper.
I've created my design at 600dpi (a little bit overkill I guess you could say).
What I am doing is creating/printing (none coloured) black images that are then displayed using a projector.
My problem is that I don't think enough ink is being printed onto the transparency paper and so when its displayed on to a wall you can see through the black ink too much and also the ink all looks cracked.
This maybe also possibly caused by the fact that with ink jet transparency paper you print on the one side that has a rough type feel to it, that must have some kind of coating so that the ink dries on it correctly and doesnt just smear.
here's a little image of what I mean.
As you will see the image just isnt clear enough and light leaks through the black.
You are only actually supposed to be able to see anything thats white. So thats only the white text around the outside and the white images in the middle. (this is a little hard to explain as of course a printer doesnt print white, what its actually doing it NOT printing the white sections at all, so this is where the light shines through)
Ive tried numerous print settings when printing from Adobe Acrobat
Print>Printer>Print Settings
Media Type setting are:-
Plain papers
Epson Matt
Epson Ultra Glossy
Epson Premium Glossy
Epson Premium Semi Gloss
Epson Glossy
Envelope
Color settting are:-
Color
Black
Print Quality setting (More and less appear depending on what type of paper you say you are using) are:-
Fast Economy
Economy
Draft
Normal
Fine
Super Fine
Photo
Best Photo
Photo RPM
I assume that Photo RPM is the best setting and to be honest I'm not really sure which type of paper to choose?
Ive tried many different settings, Ive tried printing in just Black, but that doesnt put out enough ink, I then tried printing in colour (even though my designs are just in black), it definitely produced on a page more ink, but still not enough.
Does anyone have any suggestions here at all, I'm all out of ideas?
thanks

Gary Scotland wrote:
Use an image editing application to create a pure black and white image with maximum contrast, painting in where needed in the black area to produce maximum black.
This is how I have already created them.
In the printer driver settings set:
colour settings option: print in Greyscale not in colour mode
Greyscale option is not available, but I can just print in black, which does not cover enough.
paper or media settings option choose: Transparency
There is no option for Transparency paper

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