Digital BW, The Print

Hi Richard,

I don't know if my situation is at all related to yours, but I had the
identical results on an image two weeks ago. That image also had a rapid,
dramatic tonal transition from black to white.

I realized that in a rush I had forgotten to select an ICQ profile before
printing. The results were just that radical. Severe "clumping" of the
tones, etc. After scratching my head for a few minutes and then loading the
right ICQ, the print came out with a beautiful tonal transition.

Printing with an Epson 9000/PiezoBW Pro24/Hahnemühle Photo Rag 308.

Jon

PS. Very nice photograph...


> I'm still a relative beginner at this but after 2 months I am
> getting some very satisfactory results.  Some background: I use an
> Epson 1160 with an MIS CFS loaded with MIS FS-N inks.  I have the
> Piezo driver and usually print with that as I have found in
> comparisons with the Epson driver (with Randall curve applied) the
> Piezo gives more dotless mid-tones and highlights.  Sometimes
> however some prints look better with the Randall curve (the Piezo
> tends to print darker).  So, with the less dots I have mostly used
> the Piezo driver and have been in awe of the smooth mid-tones in
> particular.  
>