Digital BW, The Print

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From: "Truman Prevatt" <tprevatt@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, August 03, 2002 11:36 AM
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] choice between 1280 with PiezoTone carts vs. Epson
2200 for b/w output


>
> Florescent light is the worst possible choice of lighting to use to
> evaluate a print of any kind. A selenium toned print is cool to cold in
> tone which means it's toward the blue end of the spectrum. I prefer
> this, but that is a personal preference.

Truman,

Unfortunately you will find fluorescent lighting in many galleries and in
office setting. So if you have any interest in selling through those
channels you need to have prints that still look good under that light,
unpleasant as it is.
>
> Another question I have is how much control over the coolness of the
> selenium hues do you have with the Pezo system. Are there profiles that
> allow you to cool or warm the prints the same as you could in the
> darkroom by controlling the toner and time in toner or is what you get
> what you get?
>
>
> I to have your same quandry and would be interested in seeing the answers.
>
You have no control over the hue of the print with the Piezo system other
than paper choice. This seems to have more of an effect with the Selenium PT
than some of the other inks. The blue in the grays shows up strongly on cool
or neutral papers such as EAM, Legion Photo Matte or Eclipse Satine. On warm
papers like German Etching, William Turner or Museo the amount of yellow in
the paper base color knocks out a lot of the blue you get a much warmer
print that is also less magenta as well. Photo Rag seems to fall in between
and is a choice I personally like.

The other possibility will be to combine inks from the three different
PiezoTone ink sets for a different look or to actually do some ink blending.
I did some trials like this with MIS-FS and was able to get some interesting
new hues.

Martin Wesley

> >
> > So, I printed a sample b/w print on a 2200 yesterday at the camera
> > store in
> > town, and noted that there was still a problem with metamerism, as the
> > print
> > (on epson watercolor paper, and glossy) was definately purplish under
> > fluoro
> > lights, but relatively neutral outdoors.  Under a loupe, the print was
> > rather
> > good with minimal apparent dots (not that different than grain).  But,
> > unfortunately it was hard to judge based on one print.  Plus, they
> > didn't have
> > the matte black in the printer.
> >
> > My aim is to primarily print b/w images, that could potentially be
> > exhibited or
> > sold and can hold up to silver images.  Is the 2200 there yet ?  If
> > not, can
> > others reassure me about positive experiences with the 1280 and the PT
> > carts.  Moreover, if I go the piezo route, I am tending to go towards
the
> > selenium hues, but I am worried just how much of a magenta cast do they
> > produce.
> >
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