Digital BW, The Print

Miguel,

You asked:

>Have you tried the VM Sepia on the 870? How did the Quad curves do?

I just loaded the 870 with the MIS VM-Sepia inks last night.

The existing curves appear to give nice, even and smooth test strips.  The
tone distribution is not as precise as I'd prefer, but I think these curves
will remain the ones to use for a while.

I sent Martin scans of 870, VM-Sepia test strips (on EAM), using the
standard MIS VM, version 1 curves.  So, they'll probably be posted in the
Files section soon. You can see from the scanned test strips what the 870
can do with the vm-s inkset and existing curves.

As I told the Bay Area group a while ago, I'm likely to make an alteration
in my VM-Sepia toner mix.  I'm finding the darkest sepia that I can print
with the existing inkset to be a little too dark for my uses.  Viewers
definitely like the curve I call the Light Sepia shade.

So, I think I can improve image quality, including tone distribution, by
lowering the gamut of the toner slightly.

By a pleasant coincidence, the almost-ready, non-warming sepia toner is
about ready for some final-mix fade testing.  This new formula appears to
take care of the gamut-related issues.

So, the scanned test strips show where I'm at now with the inkset, and a
non-warming, lower-gamut toner is where I'm likely to go.

Paul
http://www.PaulRoark.com