Digital BW, The Print

Ken, doubt you'll ever get satisfactory prints on uncoated papers. You'd
be the first one to do so, unless you're using a RIP. THey will always
be flat, gray, and muddy. Arches Bright white gives better blacks than
most, but smooth areas are usually very grainy, and the prints are not
sharp on this paper.

Posterization is when you have half a dozen tones of individual shades
of gray or color where it should be smooth. 

I don't have any posterization with the VM inks and paul's curves.

jerry



> All my tests with MIS VM, are on uncoated papers. Most likely, the
> lack of warmth, the muddiness, I reported are probably related to the
> uncoated papers. From what I've read, users of coated papers have
> good results. I don't want to confuse anyone with the results of my
> experiences....your experiences are on coated papers too?
> 
> I mentioned 'solarization'. Maybe that is a silver photography term
> only. Do 'posterizations' have a similar look? Could you
> define 'posterizing' both from a b&w and a color standpoint?
> 
> thanks,
> ken
>