Digital BW, The Print

Stephen,

You wrote:

>Have you tried your MIS dye mix with Pictoro media,
>especially the transparent media. Some of us are still
>looking for the holy grail for digital negative making.

Yes, and the ink densities that work on paper don't work well on the film.
I've increased the midtone ink densities so that the steps in the ramp are
close, but there appears to be non-linear absorption compared to the
pigmented inks.  I'm not sure without a separate profile that I'm going to
be able to tame the combination.  (Since I'm about to take off for a week, I
probably won't have more information for a while.)

>I suspect the 2880 printers will have a slight advantage if you wish >to
print on silver.

I only wanted to tame the Piezo driver due to my hope that I'd be able to
use it with the 3000.  I suspect the 3000 and the Epson driver won't cut it
for the silver prints.


 >...with pictoro, the pizza wheel marks really showed through.

Yes, they do.  They may need removing.

I'm not sure this is an approach that is work pursuing.  I'll probably put
in a little more effort, but I'd say it's a less-than-even chance of
success.

Paul