Digital BW, The Print

Where are these new curves?




--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Roark" 
<paul.roark@v...> wrote:
> Richard,
> 
> I've attached the curves I have.  There should be a distinct difference
> among them.  I've also attached a text file that may have some useful
> information.
> 
> Be sure you are converting to RGB before printing.
> 
> Just in case the ink toner is wrong, print a purge pattern and be sure the
> yellow position ink is bluish.
> 
> Paul
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard Cooke [mailto:rcooke@r...]
> Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2003 4:06 PM
> To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Digital BW] Paul's new 1160 UT curves
> 
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> For the people that are using the new UT curves for the 1160 - is
> there a neutral curve available?  All three seem to give me fairly
> warm prints.  They are very good but I was wondering about the neutral
> possiblity.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Richard Cooke
> 
> 
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>   ----------
> 
> New 1160 Variable-tone, cross-platform Ultra Tone curves:
> 
> 
> I have made some new curves for the 1160 to control the MIS Ultra Tone B&W 
inkset.  
> There are two sets.  One (for example UT11 ...) set is for Epson Enhanced/Archival 
matte.  
> The second set (UT-EUS ...) is for the soon-to-be-released Epson UltraSmooth 
cotton 
> based, no-optical-brightener (truly archival) matte paper.
> 
> (Note that I use EEM routinely for drafts, sample prints, display 
> prints that are not going to be sold as archival, and many other purposes.  
> I think it is an excellent value and paper for up to 30 year 
> life-expectancy work. I use cotton-based paper for limited-edition, 
> numbered, signed prints or wherever print life of more than 30 years is wanted.  
> I think the new Epson UltraSmooth is the best, in part because it does not 
> have the flaking problems of the other cotton papers.  
> I think the cotton paper with carbon pigments (no dyes) is archival; 
> I do not consider EEM/EAM to be archival.)
> 
> The new curves produce 4 very useful tones.  The "UT11-N1" is neutral, similar to a 
> "selenium" tone; "UT11-MW-3" is 0.03 units warm, similar to PiezoTone WN & FS; 
> UT11-C+3 is 0.03 units cool, about like the old "nc" curve with the vm inkset; 
> and UT11-W1 is 0.10 units warm, about twice as warm as the old vm inkset or 
> the original MIS quads.  
> 
> The curves are much smoother than the old vm curves.  I have been told some 
> don't even see the dots even with a loupe.  
> 
> The UT11 curves are cross-platform, running on PC and Mac.
> 
> Resin coated papers can be printed with the UT inkset about as well as 
> the UltraChrome inkset.  As with the UltraChrome inkset, a "Photo Black" 
> must be used.  MIS has a fine one.  Most of the RC papers have some reflective 
> artifacts (like bronzing or slight dusting), but this is typical of all pigments on 
> RC papers.  Cheap Epson Glossy Photo Paper (available at Costco) is 
> the most free of these defects.)  I think matte paper is still the most 
> reliable and what I'll mostly use.
> 
> For the UT curves, I use "No Color Adjustment" (in the driver color
> management box) and Adobe RGB (1998) (Edit, Color Settings).
> 
> I hope these prove useful.
> 
> Paul
> http://www.PaulRoark.com
> 
> 
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