Digital BW, The Print

Richard,

If you would be willing to put your workflow down on paper, so to speak, ink
dilutions and blends, brand of RIP, separation curves, etc. I would be very
happy to post it all in the Files section of the list. I really want to
compile as many of the alternate workflows as possible. While you are rare
in your use of a RIP and CMYK separation curves you are not alone. What you
are doing with the curves and the inks is sort of the path of ultimate
control over your output.

Martin Wesley

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



----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Wolfson" <richard@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2002 11:42 AM
Subject: RE: [Digital BW] digital b&w show in Boston gallery


> Jerry, I can't help with cat questions, but I can tell you about my
> workflow for b&w printmaking. The paper I'm using is Media Street's
> "Generations ProPhoto Lustre" which is an RC paper with a microporous
> ink receptor coating that holds a LOT of ink.
>
> My ink set is formulated from Generations 3 and 4 materials; Gen4 for
> the black for max density, and dilutions of Gen3 (pure pigment) black
> tinted with tiny bits of Gen4 C+M for cold grays and M+Y for warm grays.
> That these inks work with the lustre paper defies common practice, but
> they do. The prints need to dry for 24 hours or so, and the surface
> remains fragile. I frame and mat the prints behind glass.
>
> I print in CMYK mode with a RIP that has very sophisiticated ink
> controls, and I've calibrated the system with a spectrophotometer. I use
> custom dot gain curves to preview the grayscale images, and custom
> spectrophotometer-based CMYK profiles to preview the color separations
> (they're b&w images, but the subtle color splits of the ink set are
> important). I do 4 channel separations in Photoshop, using saved curves;
> the RIP separates the Cc and Mm split-channels, but I've customized the
> crossover curves the RIP uses for that, too.
>
> It took me a couple years to make all this work. I don't talk about it
> much at the gallery, lest I be banished as a terminal geek. <g> I have
> not yet figured out a way to set other people up with my process; so
> far, no one has been all that interested.
>
> Richard Wolfson
> Harvard, MA
> richard at rwolfson dot com
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jerry Olson [mailto:jerryolson@...]
> > Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2002 12:12 PM
> > To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: Re: [Digital BW] digital b&w show in Boston gallery
> >
> >
> > Richard, How did you get that deep black ink? Details !! I've
> > been looking for a deeper black ink since I began digital
> > printing 6 years ago.
> >
> > Jerry
> >
> > Richard Wolfson wrote:
> > >
> > > List members in the Boston area may be interested in a show of 17
> > > digitally printed b&w landscape photographs at the Depot Square
> > > Gallery in Lexington MA now to September 29, and are invited to a
> > > reception Thursday, September 12, 5 - 8 PM. More info at:
> > >
> > > www.lyricdesign.com/dsg/neweyes
> > >
>
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