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Followup on PowerRIP for the 2100/2200

2003-01-03 by danielstaver <daniel@petraflux.com>

I've spent some time now creating a curve for PowerRIP that gives me 
totally neutral BW prints on my 2100, good shadow detail and no 
metamerism whatsoever.

The results are actually so good I'm not sure where to go from here. 
Maybe some tweaking in the 0-25% area which may or may not be 1-2% 
too dark.

I've been using the Epson Gray Balancer reference chart to make 
comparisons between the chart and printed wedges while making 
adjustments. The biggest change I had to make was in the 93-100% area 
which all printed black. I now get very good separation in that area 
as well. After making the curve I did a scan of an August Sander 
photo from a book I got for christmas and made a print with my curve 
to verify. The print is virtually indistinguishable from the book in 
both daylight and indoors lightning.

If anyone is interested I'm sure I could make the curve available so 
you have something to play around with if you decide to try the 
program.

I've never actually had the chance to see a really good BW print with 
any type of inking system so I'm very interested to see how this will 
compare to the other prints in the upcoming exchange.

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