Digital BW, The Print

I have doing plenty of research of doing direct digital to fiber based 
silver gelatin papers and I agree it will never happen. The papers ISO 
are way too slow.

Doing a digital interneg and contact printing does however work pretty 
well. Still nothing like throwing a neg in an enlarger and printing it 
directly. Some things were just not meant to be.

Mark

David R. Spielman wrote:

>Julian,
>
>The black & white prints that I have made using the Lightjet 5000 at Reed
>have had the following densities.
>
>Have you had similar results?
>
>paper white: 0.09  (0.09, 0.10, 0.07, 0.09 - R,G,B,V)
>dMAX: 1.61  (1.60, 1.63, 1.64, 1.61 - R,G,B,V)
>
>The 1.61 dMAX is typical of a matte finish RC paper regardless of how it was
>exposed (conventional enlarger or LightJet)
>
>I don't think there is anything the folks at Reed can do to improve the dMAX
>of this Kodak paper, short of changing paper, which isn't likely, as this is
>the only B&W silver/gelatin paper available for use in photoprinters.
>
>I have their 'calibration kit' - it's only a CD with a few images in it.
>They don't have any king of ICC profile for this B&W paper as far as I know.
>If you know differently, please let us know.
>
>I wasn't 'unhappy' with the B&W prints I made with the LightJet and this
>Kodak paper. It's matte finish and slight warm tone are not much different
>than other conventional RC papers I've used in the past.
>
>I've also made B&W prints using the chromogenic (RA-4) color papers (Fuji
>Crystal Archive and UltraChrome) that the LighJet and Chromira uses. I used
>the glossy surface and got nice prints with a slightly cool look. The
>density values I got with the Fuji Crystal Archive paper are as follows:
>
>paper white: 0.09  (0.10, 0.10, 0.06, 0.09 - R,G,B,V)
>dMAX: 2.10  (2.17, 2.11, 1.89, 2.10 - R,G,B,V)
>
>If you are expecting to find the 'holy grail', ie - an air dried, glossy
>fiber paper print on a LightJet or Chromira, you will have a long time to
>wait! (as in forever)
>
>Best Regards,
>
>David R. Spielman
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Julian Thomas [mailto:julianthomas@...]
>Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2003 12:41 PM
>To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [Digital BW] BW lightjet (update)
>
>
>I've been talking to the guys at Reeds photo who have said that have found a
>way to improve the density achieved on the lightjet to BW silver printing.
>They are sending me a calibration kit as soon as it is ready and I'll report
>back
>
>Julian
>
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