Digital BW, The Print

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From: "stevekphoto" <stevek@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, April 08, 2002 9:46 AM
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Do-it-yourself Inkset


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

Only partially. When I first went to the VM inks on my 1280 the curves had
not been refined and there was about a two month gap before I got to the
point I wanted.

I guess my concern is that the VM inks with the curves works for the
majority of people with a reasonable screen to print match. If it isn't
working for you, then I would suspect that there is something wrong
somewhere in the set-up, with the printer, etc. So it seems unlikely that if
you create a workflow that works well for your system, and I do salute you
for being ingenious and persevering enough to do this, that it may not work
with anyone else's.

If you would like to send me some printed step wedges using the VM inks and
curve I would be happy to take a look and send you some form my system in
return.

> 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.

Generally monitor to print matching issue is approached by adjusting the
monitor software settings rather than adjusting the ink set. You have a lot
of options to create custom dot gain curves to match your output. The ideal
approach is to create a monitor profile for each ink and paper combination
but this requires some pricey equipment.

Martin
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