Digital BW, The Print

Remind me Julian...what's your workflow...are you using the piezo driver?
Are you using the Crane Museo profile...you might also check the Orwell
profile...but in my experience the Museo profile is less compressed in
shadows.

Robert


On 4/10/02 3:30 PM, "Julian Thomas" <julianthomas@...> wrote:

> It's not the quantity but the quality of black. this shot for eg
> http://www.foundobjectsgallery.com/holga/pages/dancer_jpg.htm prints great
> on PR but really 'gritty' on museo, almost posterised. I'll try making a
> 'lighter' print and then coating once I've got th estuff. I'll try the
> formula from the files page. I'm in the UK soon so I should be able to pick
> the stuff up.
> 
> Julian
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Robert G. Morrison" <rmorrison@...>
> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2002 12:13 AM
> Subject: Re: [Digital BW] museo
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> 
>> Once you coat them...blacks won't be an issue.  The difference between
> 1.57
>> (Museo) and 1.67 (Hahnemuhle) doesn't even exist once they are
> coated...they
>> are all in the 2 to 2.2 range...and the differences there aren't nearly as
>> noticeable...at least to me.
>> 
>> Incidentely...I ran some Museo and Eclipse Satine Softwhite with John
>> Woolf's epson driver workflow with PiezoBW inks last night.  As many of
> you
>> know, Museo has about a 1.57 dmax with Cone's driver.  Eclipse in
> contrast,
>> runs about 1.4 with the Orwell profile...big difference...you would never
>> use Eclipse.  Ditto for the Museo profile with the Eclipse...1.41.  In
>> contrast if I use Woolf's workflow I get 1.57 for both papers.  The
> Eclipse
>> looks great...really weird.  Using this workflow...or one like it I would
>> say the Eclipse is also worth a try with coating.  It gives a more satin
>> effect...that I really like when I print the smooth side.
>> 
>> Robert
>> 
>> On 4/10/02 2:38 PM, "Julian Thomas" <julianthomas@...> wrote:
>> 
>>> I want to try coating some prints and I've heard from Robert that Museo
> is
>>> the best paper to use. Whilst I use Museo for continuous grey toned
> prints,
>>> I've always had problems printing deep blacks. has anyone got any tips?
>>> 
>>> ulian
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