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Re: [Digital BW] Do-it-yourself Inkset

2002-04-08 by stevekphoto

O.K., let's try this again-
> Steve,
> 
> One thing you need to add to your procedure are the driver 
settings you
> used. Paper type, dpi, color management, etc.
> 
> I have seen a lot of really nice work with the VM inks from 1280's 
so I know
> that it can be done. The curves would not work with the 780 of 
course
> because they are printer dependent. You only tried for two weeks 
with the VM
> and the curves on the 1280? <G>
> 
> Martin Wesley

Paper type: Matte paper heavyweight
       DPI: 1440
Color management : color controls
     Gamma: 2.2

Martin!- are you suggesting that 2 weeks of 12 hours a day of 
messing with these inks was an inadequate test? I do hope you're 
kidding!
At any rate, even if they worked for me, the disconnect between 
screen image and printed image was very annoying; in the end I 
decided I simply couldn't live with that. The real attraction with 
this new setup is exactly that: you get what you see, and 
corrections are linear and predictable. It does however leave me 
needing a good sepia solution, doing it RGB in color is only close.

Steve

www.stevekphoto.com

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