Digital BW, The Print

The new 1280 Ultra Tone curves use the same basic workflow as the old vm
curves (edit in grayscale, save file, convert file to RGB, apply curves, and
print).

They, of course, were written for the Ultra Tone B&W inks, not the old MIS
VM inks.

There are significant differences in settings.  The new curves use "No Color
Adjustment" in the driver color management section.  This disables the
sliders but makes the curves cross-platform.  Also, the RGB type should be
Adobe RGB (1998). (This is set in Edit, Color Settings;  I set all to PS5
defaults and then just change RGB to Adobe (1998).)

The paper setting is Photo Paper, and the resolution should be 1440.

As before, these curves were written for EAM/EEM.

Let me know how it goes.

Paul
http://www.PaulRoark.com
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-----Original Message-----
From: Jack M Kucy [mailto:jmk@...]
Sent: Monday, June 30, 2003 11:38 PM
To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Digital BW] New UT curves for 1280 - downloaded


I seem to have a problem with the new curves.  I downloaded them, tried to
follow all instructions and when I print the gray wedge using  UT80-N I
can't
get consistent neutral gray across the wedge.  Some areas are very blue
(60-90)
and the other very worm (with the pick about 25-35). I might have been doing
something completely wrong or... I got no idea.
I did even an experiment and printed the wedge (converted to RGB) which
I "color balanced" with magenta (to activate the cool ink) as follows:
shadows 0, -5, 0;  mid tones 0, -15, 0;  highlights 0, -10, 0.
It gave me wedge print of nice, consistently neutral gray.
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Can anyone summarize the workflow with these curves?
I would appreciate that.
Thanks
Jack

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Jack M Kucy
JMK Gallery (www.jmk-gallery.com)
917-991-2096     jmk@...
Member of ASMP (www.asmp.org)
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...a riveder le stelle


Paul Roark wrote:

> >Can you by chance point me to a download site for your
> >new 1280 Ultra Tone curves?
>
> The curves are in the Files section of this forum at:
>
> Files > Ink Sets > MIS > MIS Ultra Tone Inks
>
> Paul
> http://www.PaulRoark.com




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