Digital BW, The Print

on 8/26/01 2:36 AM, Martin Wesley wrote:

> It isn't something
> that happens later. In daylight I don't see the green cast and the
> Piezo looks just fine with a warm-neutral tone.
> 
> I don't see this in the MIS VM prints that Todd sent me and only see
> it in the warm area of a split tone print I received in the print
> exchange from Ron Landucci that was done with the MIS VM inks.

Martin,

I don't mean to confuse you more, but those prints I sent you were made
using a Piezo/Generations ink blend, and using a workflow similar to that of
Paul's current MIS VT formulation.

I also find the Piezo inks at times look green to me under tungsten
illumination, but not always. And this includes many of the prints from the
print exchange. So, I do not think you are color blind. I think it's either
a metameric thing, or a "green compared to ..." thing. But I haven't put
enough attention into it to really speak with certainty. I can simply say
they sometimes "feel" green to me, especially the ones on EAM. The tones on
the Hahnemuhle papers strike me as cooler and more neutral.

I will be moving to the MIS inks shortly. I'll see what's funky about them
soon enough. I don't expect any ink to be perfect just yet.