Digital BW, The Print

> I use Eclipse Satine 190 with my 1160 and MIS FS-N inks but with the
> Randall Curves. I get fantastic results that even rival IMO Photo Rag,
> but at a fraction of the cost. Gorgeous, rich blacks and excellent
> sharpness. And what I like is that it does not print as warm as EAM. I
> have the piezography plug-in but get banding in the mid-tones too
> often on almost any paper I use and have now switched almost
> exclusively to using the Randall Curves instead. The Eclipse Satine
> prints great using EAM setting in the Epson driver for me.
>
> Best regards,
>  Richard

When I use the Randall curves, smooth tonal transitions in the darker
midtones are replaced with harsh-looking "noise". I actually get more
posterization on EAM than with Piezo. I will agree that the blacks are
deeper (this is the achilles heel of the R9 plug-in).

I am not a curve master. But I look at the colorized images in PS after
applying the curve and I am struck - where is the cyan? All I see is a lot
of magenta and yellow. I think the missing cyan is the source of the "noise"
I see with this workflow.
-BK