Digital BW, The Print

"pdesmidt tds.net" <pdesmidt@...> wrote:

> Paul, are you going to submit some dye prints to Aardenburg?

It would be great if Mark could justify testing these.  I'm not sure what criteria he's using.  The user mixing of the dilute ink might eliminate this from consideration.  

In 1.5 pl machines the K & M would be commercially available and can be used full strength.  But users would need to be put the inks into a CIS or carts.  I'm not sure if this meets his criteria for availability.


With respect to dilute inks, I've used an Epson driver workflow with an ICC made with Create ICC-RGB to make what I see as excellent glossy prints, using a 1400 setup with the dyes in the C and Lc positions.  The Noritsu K is in the C position.  In the LC position is an "LK" (using the usual 30% dense ink to 70% clear base) made of 90% Noritsu K and 10% Claria M. 

See Noritsu-K-30M10-PGPP-icc.pdf for graphs of the image tone and Lab L.

The 10% M blend prints many glossy papers with good tones.  In addition to the Epson Premium line, Red River has some outstanding coatings.  The Artic Polar Gloss (using a QTR profile for PGPP) just glows.  

The 10% M blend prints too green on most matte papers, with one notable exception.  Red River Premium Matte paper makes top notch cool tone, high impact (dmax 1.8+) prints with QTR.  (I have not tested the Epson driver with matte papers yet.)

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com