Digital BW, The Print

> Sigh.  I don't believe you need 1000 tones to do any of this...that under
> 200 would be perfectly enough.  That's why I'm curious what Rourke's curves
> do...as people say they can see absolutely no difference in the same image
> printed with Rourke's curves and Piezo, except Rourke's curves give a darker
> black if I remember right...  I think you see where I'm going.

Austin

My sense is that Roark's curves, in general, give Piezo "comparable"
quality. But remember, they are hand rolled, so it's possible that those for
some printers are better than others, and some hues (variable tone inksets)
better than others. Some of the Tyler's Zees I've printed with Roark's
curves look as good as yours done with Piezo, a couple perhaps a hair
better, and some worse. On the whole, "somewhat comparable".

My point is it's not the kind of thing where you'll get a radically
different number of tones with one set over the other. To go where you are
going with this (extended blacks) you'd be looking a the Piezo driver with
PiezoTones. They offer a higher dmax.

BTW, did anyone print Tyler's Zees with the PiezoTones? I did but not with
the Piezo driver. I'm curious if they were they able to maintain linearity
in the dark end while increasing dmax without having to create new profiles.

Todd