Digital BW, The Print

Hi Nicholas,

Here's my workflow for the Roark Curves, Let me know if you are doing anything different.

I use the  CIS system from http://www.nomorecarts.com   I'm using mine on the 1280 Printer.

Get the MIS variable tone inkset.  Be sure the black you get is the VM black, not one of the other 4 blacks
that MIS sells. Get the 4 color quad blacks  if you have a 4 color printer or the 6 color set if you have a
6 color printer.

Get Paul Roark's set of curves from paul.roark@...  This is a set of 5 curves from cold to warm.
Using the 6 color printers, to get a tone between one of the 5 curves, you vary the amount of the Magenta
position ink (In reality this is the blue ink that controls the amount of coldness you want). You can
choose any of paul's curves, and then by using the epson magenta/green slider, you can get any color you
want between curves! If you are using a 4 color printer, it's the YELLOW position slider that varies the
amount of coolness/warmness that you get.

Paul is up to the 15th version of his Cool Curve, The 4th version of his Cold curve, the 8th version of the
Neutral and Warm Curve and the 11th version of the Medium Warm.  Be sure you have the latest versions.

Just before printing, change your grayscale image to an RGB file, load one of Paul's curves from the
adjustment curve dialogue box from within photoshop using the "load" button. The image on screen will
immediately turn an over all color. Ignore it, it doesn't print.

Just print the photo, using the following settings:  1440 DPI, Error Diffusion, High speed OFF,  and "Photo
Quality Inkjet" for the Media Setting. The curves work well on Epson Archival Matte Paper, Epson Watercolor
Paper, Aspen Dual Sided Matte paper, or the new Legion Photo Matte paper, and also work very well with
Royal Riviera or Torchon watercolor papers. (same paper, different name). In the PRINT dialogue box, use
"Same as Source" as the profile.

These papers and settings should get you close to a perfect print the first time.

Jerry

> Let's assume there _is_ something wrong with my system. Let's also assume
> that I have followed every instruction to the letter. Either there is
> something implicit in the instructions that I am too ignorant to
> understand, or the instructions are incomplete. Would somebody do me the
> favor of rephrasing Paul Roark's instructions for the VM workflow,
> including _everything_, and I mean _everything_, that a Photoshop 6 novice
> needs to know? I mean RGB defaults, color spaces, preferred image ppi, how
> to load curves, etc., etc. I'm not trying to denigrate either MIS or Paul's
> workflow; I just find that right now it isn't working for me.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> -- Nick
>
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