Digital BW, The Print

Hi Mr.Bergstrom

QtRIP? I downloaded an evaluation version, installed it but... as Mr.Roark wrote, the Epson driver is not so bad and it's a good starting point. Moreover, I thought that the learning curve was steep enough to begin with (I miss the darkroom!).

I don't know exactly what it's like using the QTRIP program but since I read all the post in the recent year from this group, I'm a bit afraid that, without a Color Munki, X-Rite, Spyder and other apparatus, I can't really evaluate my prints and make the necessary corrections, be it making ICCs, curves and ink saturation!

I'll read the "how-to" that came with the demo of QTR and see if this is a solution for me.

Thanks again

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Pete Bergstrom <petebergstrom@...> wrote:
>
> Is there a reason you're not using QtRip?
> 
> On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 8:27 AM, jcphoto52 <jacques.caron@...>wrote:
> 
> > I'm still quite new the the whole process of EB6 with an Epson 1430.
> >
> > I'm partly satisfied with the results. I made many test with images that I
> > printed in a darkroom so I can compare. Up to now, I'm very close.
> >
> > For each print, I added a 21 steps greyscale and for easier evaluation I
> > made five bigger squares in PhotoShop that I filled with (0-0-0, 5-5-5 and
> > so on) blacks; I added three squares (250-250-250,245-245-245 and
> > 240-240-240).
> >
> > On the print, the lighter squares are perfect but the black ones are mushy
> > and difficult to evaluate. Seems that from 0-0-0 to 25-25-25 I get the same
> > black or almost.
> >
> > Is there a way, with the Epson driver (I'm on Red River Polar Matte paper)
> > to compensate so I can have a little bit more separation in the blacks?
> >
> > I know that this is probably incomplete or not clear but if it is asked,
> > I'll try my best to feed in the missing info.
> >
> > Many thanks
> >
> >
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