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Re: [Digital BW] Re: narrowing in on my solarized prints problem
2014-10-25 by paulmwhiting@...
Here's the procedure I followed, I hope this is what you had in mind:
I printed out my Calibration Print, using Eb6-PA-205, with linearization tables filled in.
Next I printed your jpg, same method. (Had a little trouble at first, no matter what size I filled in in QTR, I got a very small print. So I re-saved your jpg as a tiff and all went well.)
Then I placed both on my flatbed, positioning them so the two cyan grey scales were oriented the same and close together for convenience. The rest of each print was off the table as I didn't think they were needed for now. I scanned both as acquired within PS (Elements 9), and used the eyedropper at 5x5 pixels. Here's what I got:
%............. your cyan gray scale .................... my Calibration Print cyan's gray scale
0................245.............................................. 254
5................136 ..............................................156
10...............87................................................113
15...............95..................................................86
20...............85..................................................70
25...............74..................................................60
30...............64 .................................................52
35...............57..................................................46
40...............53..................................................43
45...............54..................................................40
They both rather leveled off after this. Note the increase for your gray scale from 10 to 15, then back down again. What does this mean? It was easily visible in the printout as well.
Your folder idea is a good one. So far, have stuck to one paper. When I get over this current hump, I want to try the Epson Hot Press (which is the one you chose for this exercise, apparently.) I'm trying to limit my variables for now, just as I finally settled on Ilford MG Fiber in the darkroom, again for simplicity.
Thank you,
Paul