Digital BW, The Print

Andrew,

Any chance of getting some 21-step wedges and/or print samples from the new
software?

Martin Wesley

http://www.borderless-photos.de/guests.html



----- Original Message -----
From: "thedigitaldog" <andrew@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, August 17, 2002 4:11 PM
Subject: [Digital BW] Getting perfect neutral prints from Epson 7600/9600
etc


> Yesterday I spent the day working with the president of ColorByte (they
make
> Image Print), Photographer Greg Gorman and the new version of the software
> that drives the 9600/7600 (and within two weeks) the 2200. Gorman is
trying
> get neutral B&W using all inks (like many of you). We've built custom
profiles
> with the Epson driver but after yesterday, I'm understanding that this
isn't
> necessary and that the huge issues with neutrality are primarily the Epson
> driver.
>
> The prints we made were DEAD NUTS NEUTRAL from the entire tonal range.
> NO metamerism what so ever (ColorByte's special grayscale mode doesn't
> use any yellow ink which is the cause for metamerism). We viewed prints
> under a GretagMacbeth "Judge II" light box which simulates Daylight (D50),
> Tungsten, Cool White Florescent lights etc. The prints were perfectly
neutral.
>
> The dither is superior to Epsons. The dMax was significantly better when
> sending identical data to the printer using Epson driver (with custom
profile)
> verses the canned paper profiles from ColorByte.
>
> We were, needless to say, blown away. We need some profiles from
> ColorByte to see what can be done in color. I've seen output from Image
Print
> to a 7600 at a recent show and they looked awesome. I'd like to wait until
> we've tested color with our own set of tests before commenting further.
But if
> Image Print can print B&W images like this to our Epson's, I can't see why
we
> will not get awesome color.
>
> The smoothness of tones is like butter. Image Print uses 8000 levels of
> screening (Epson we were told uses a few hundred). All this and the print
> times are the same as using the Epson driver.
>
> The issues with neutral prints is no longer an issue! I'm not kidding when
I say
> that looking at output from the old printing methods verses with Image
Print, it
> was like working with a totally new printer. This isn't the 9600 output
Greg and
> I have been testing for the last 5 or 6 months (we did beta on the
printer). The
> quality results are 100% superior to anything we've ever seen.
>
>
>
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