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INK COLOR EQUAL TO IT'S SHADE COUNTERPART?

2001-10-02 by gradycarter@yahoo.com

I HAVE RECENTLY EXPLORED B&W DIGITAL PRINTING USING 
MIS QUADTONE 6 (SIX) INK CARTRIDGES...I SOON 
DISCOVERED THAT IT HAS TO FOLLOW A WORKFLOW 
DESIGNATED ON THE MIS WEB PAGE...I BOUGHT THE REFILL 
KIT AND FOUND OUT THAT THE INKS WERE NOT 
DESIGNATED TO THEIR PROPER SHADE COUNTERPART...IN 
OTHER WORDS, THE INKS CAME AS FOLLOWS: 100% BLACK, 
75%, 50%, 45%, 25% AND 15% BLACK...ONE WOULD THINK 
THAT THE LIGHTEST SHADE OF BLACK WOULD BE 
ASSIGNED TO THE LIGHTEST SHADE OF COLOR INK...THIS IS 
NOT SO...YELLOW, THE LIGHTEST COLOR, IS ASSIGNED TO  
50% BLACK...GO FIGURE...NO WONDER THERE IS ALL OF 
THIS TALK ABOUT WORKFLOW AND SOFTWARE TO RUN 
THESE INKS, WHEN IN REALITY ALL ONE HAS TO DO IS 
REARRANGE INK DESIGNATION...SO THIS IS WHAT I 
DID...100% BLACK  BELONGS TO THE BLACK CARTRIDGE 
WHICH IS CORRECT...75% BLACK BELONGS TO BOTH CYAN 
AND MAGENTA BECAUSE THEY ARE BOTH THE SAME COLOR 
GRAY...50% BLACK WENT TO PHOTO CYAN...45% BLACK 
WENT TO PHOTO MAGENTA...25% BLACK WENT TO 
YELLOW...FILLING THESE INKS TO THE ABOVE 
DESIGNATIONS ALLOWED ME TO PRINT A COLOR 
PHOTOGRAPH DIRECTLY WITH 1 (ONE) EXCEPTION...I HAD 
TO MAKE THE IMAGE ON THE MONITOR TO BE LIGHTER ON 
"IMAGE-ADJUST-LEVELS" MIDDLE SLIDER TO THE NUMBER 
"180"...UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS AFTER ANY 
ADJUSTMENTS YOU HAD TO DO TO YOUR IMAGE TO GET IT 
THE WAY YOU LIKE IT ON THE SCREEN...FROM THAT POINT 
START OUT FRESH TO "IMAGE-ADJUST-LEVELS" AND 
PROCEED AS I HAVE DESCRIBED ABOVE..GIVE ME SOME 
FEEDBACK AS TO YOUR RESULTS...OH, BY THE WAY, I HAVE 
ALSO FIGURED OUT ANOTHER WAY TO PRINT FROM 
GRAYSCALE...I WILL GIVE THAT VERY EASY "WORKFLOW" 
TOMORROW...PLEASE, GIVE ME FEEDBACK...MY PRINTS 
LOOK GREAT AND I DO HAVE A DARKROOM...

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