Been a while, I hope we can reconstruct the conversation here! Here's an extract from your last message to me, #35.
Paul W: I looked at a 21 step scale in a test print the next to last frame was indistinguishable from the very last frame (black). However there was clear delineation of all the steps at the lighter end, which speak for good highlight detail.
Paul R: You
may need to check the dmax point -- K ink limit. You might notice that
I have a curve in the Zip file (if not in QTR) called "K-0-100." This
is a straight line curve that will test for the K ink limit with a
21-step test file without the need to waste an entire sheet of paper (as
when Calibration mode is used just to see the K results). "If you're
lucky the profile may have used a boost." If so, try putting in the new
dmax there and re-saving the file. It might print well with no other
changed needed.
Actually, what was in the zip file was K-0-40. I created the quad curve and printed the 21-step test file but its last several dark steps were all black. Then I created a quad file for K-0-100 and it was worse. So I went the other direction and created a K-0-20 quad file and this was better. So now do I back back to my 6 position file you created for me (PA 205) and lessen the black density? I think I know how to do that.
Also, in the quote above, I wonder if you would elaborate on the sentence I have in quotes there... thanks!
Best regards,
Paul
Actually, what was in the zip file was K-0-40. I created the quad curve and printed the 21-step test file but its last several dark steps were all black. Then I created a quad file for K-0-100 and it was worse. So I went the other direction and created a K-0-20 quad file and this was better. So now do I back back to my 6 position file you created for me (PA 205) and lessen the black density? I think I know how to do that.
Also, in the quote above, I wonder if you would elaborate on the sentence I have in quotes there... thanks!
Best regards,
Paul