Digital BW, The Print

I just had an email today after a few emails dealing with 'neutrality' and
they said they were doing something new and they'd hold off until July 11th
before sending me their CD. I'll take a look get a few made and report back.
BTW I made my best BW print in ages today - contact printing a 10x8

Julian
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David R. Spielman" <david@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2003 10:14 PM
Subject: RE: [Digital BW] BW lightjet (update)


> 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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