Digital BW, The Print

I'm "close" to ordering the MIS-VM set for my new 1280.  If you can hold
on just a while longer, I'll be a guinea pig.

Thanks,
Ed
http://lightandsilver.com 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Keith Douglas [mailto:kdouglas@...] 
> Sent: Monday, February 24, 2003 12:10 PM
> To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Re: Disappointed with MIS-VM and Epson 1280
> 
> 
> I didn't write down all the settings, as I was doing it, but I was 
> following the instructions on the MIS site to the letter, 
> using the Roark 
> NC curve.  I went through the instructions a couple of times 
> to be sure I 
> hadn't missed anything.  (Yes, I'm sure I converted the file 
> to RGB ;-)  )
> 
> So I decided to start again from scratch and make my own 
> curve.  (I'm an 
> engineer, I just couldn't help it).  The dots are gone, the 
> sharpness is 
> back.  (It's not quite neutral, but I'm very close).  Prints are very 
> good.  But, there is still something about the Lyson print that is 
> better.  Close examination with a loupe shows more "depth" -- hard to 
> describe, but definitely visible.  I have a theory about 
> this, which I'm 
> investigating.
> 
> Given that Evelyn also had poor results with the Roark 
> curves, I wonder if 
> some printers (of the same model) have different enough 
> characteristics 
> that the "standard" (ie. roark) curves don't work, but other curves 
> do.  Once I get my curve completely neutral, I wonder if 
> someone else with 
> a 1280 that the Roark curve *does* work with, could try my 
> curve.  That 
> would be an interesting experiment and help eliminate simple 
> operator-error 
> on my part (and that the time I've spent figuring out how to 
> create curves 
> wasn't wasted, but was used to profile my particular printer 
> :-) ).  If the 
> world makes sense, then my curve should not work as well as 
> the Roark curve 
> on their printer.  Any volunteers?
> 
> Keith Douglas
> 
> 
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