Digital BW, The Print

one of the advantages of the dig darkroom is the long scale - and one of the
problems of the epson driver is compression. Whenever I test a new BW
workflow I print off paul's step wedge and then rescan it and measure
exactly what is happening. using softproof and or a curves move with the
resulting data you can get the best range of tones possible. you'll be
surprised just how much that quick task tells you.

Julian
----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Palmieri" <pcpalmieri@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2003 7:25 PM
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Epson 2200 RIP: further results?


> I am willing to make a big bet that in a wet darkroom it would take a
plethora of trials to produce the 95-100% clearly, sharply and distinctly.
So I am happy to live with the results that I have had so far. With some
more experience with the RIP I may be able to improve the shadow detail
issue. Right now I am printing some very nice B&W's. I think that I have
mentioned this before. My big problem is finding a framing glass that
doesn't reduce the light transfer without increasing the reflection
quotient.
>
> I don't know the answer to your other question.
>
> Peter
>
>   From: Julian Thomas
>
>   Peter, how can you be happy with something that compresses the shadow
>   detail? Can this be corrected with a softproof or curves move?
>
>   Julian
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