Digital BW, The Print

Thanks Paul,

I'll play around with it some more.  I thought maybe I got some carts with
wrong inks in them.  I've read that MIS does that occasionally.

I might just chuck this and go with the EB6 set up.  Sounds like it might be
better anyway.  I went with U14 because I really like the Gold Fibre Silk
paper

Tom

On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 8:14 PM, Paul <roark.paul@...> wrote:

> Tom,
>
> I'm not sure what would cause those values.  You can open the ICCs with
> Notepad and see the Lab A and B values I read.  Lab B values with the
> 1400-IlfordGold-N-1-nca-rgb.icc are a fairly straight line from -1 for the
> paper to +1 for the black.  The dmax I got was Lab L = 6.6.  With the output
> you measured the dmax was weak and also not reached at 100%.
>
> So, assuming the inks are correct, I think the wrong profile got loaded.
>
> In experimenting with the 1100 a few of us have noticed that sometimes the
> wrong profile prints the first time we use the printer, presumably after
> some other printer or profile has been used.  I have since noticed that
> happen with another Epson driver/printer.
>
> So, I'm not sure what is causing this, but there is something in at least
> the Windows 7, CS5, Epson driver, ICC workflow that loads the wrong profile
> initially.  Maybe that happened to you.  Usually when I notice this problem
> occurring the 21-step Lab L ramp is way off, so it's obvious something is
> very wrong.
>
> Try loading the Ilford Gold Neutral ICC and first just print a 21-step on a
> plain paper.  Then try the "real" test and see if it's any different.
>
> Paul
> www.PaulRoark.com
>
>
>


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