Digital BW, The Print

FWIW, I'm using your 1280 VM curves with UT on Pictorico Photo 
Gallery Glossy and Brightcube Glossy (paper setting = premium glossy, 
color management = off), with very nice results (thanks, Paul!). I 
have to print at 2880, however, to eliminate banding. And I'm still 
looking for a way to eliminate those annoying pizza wheel marks 
(suggestions welcome on that one).

I tested the 1280 UT neutral curve along side the VM neutral curve, 
but the UT-curve half of the print was much colder (had a bluish 
cast) and there was some slight banding present (test also done at 
2880).

Might a curve made for printing UT on glossy paper at 2880 produce 
significantly better results and, if so, is that on your to-do list 
by any chance?

Cheers,

Mark  



--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Roark" 
<paul.roark@v...> wrote:
> 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
> ________________________________________
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jack M Kucy [mailto:jmk@j...]
> 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.
> ------
> Can anyone summarize the workflow with these curves?
> I would appreciate that.
> Thanks
> Jack
> 
> _________________________________________________
> Jack M Kucy
> JMK Gallery (www.jmk-gallery.com)
> 917-991-2096     jmk@j...
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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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