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Re: [Digital BW] Shadow detail with 2200 and Ultratones

2003-08-30 by Carl Schofield

I believe that Daniel Staver has a set of curves (modified 1290 curves 
by Paul Roark) that he has used with the UT inks in his 2100 printer.  
See:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint/message/32930

On Saturday, August 30, 2003, at 11:59  AM, markjamesfisher wrote:

> Sounds encouraging.  At least I know it is possible! Unfortunately, I
> am on a PC so the QTR stuff won't help me much.  For reference, my
> settings are Profile: Custom Dot gain, intent: relative colormetric,
> paper: enhanced matte, gamma 1.8 (could this be it?), mode:
> photorealistic--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com,
> Carl Schofield <scho@m...> wrote:
>> Mark,
>>
>> What method are you using to print with the UT inks in the 2200?
> I'm
>> using QTR with the UT inks in my 2200 and don't have a problem with
>> blocked shadows.  Here are some density measurements for the UT
> inks in
>> that range on EEM:
>> 95% - 1.49
>> 96% - 1.52
>> 97% - 1.55
>> 98% - 1.60
>> 99% - 1.64
>> 100% - 1.69
>>
>> There are some QTR profiles for the UT inks in the 2200 Ultratone
>> Profiles.sit file, in the QuadToneRIP 2.0 folder on my filesharing
> site
>> if you want to try them:
>> http://homepage.mac.com/scho/FileSharing2.html
>>
>> Carl
>> On Saturday, August 30, 2003, at 09:49  AM, markjamesfisher wrote:
>>
>>> I'm trying (desparately) to get decent separation in the 95%
> range of
>>> blacks.  I've tweaked my custom dot gain without much to show for
>>> it.  The shadows seem to block up on the print at 95-97% on up no
>>> matter what I do.  Is there another way to deal with this?  Is
>>> another inkset the only answer?  Or do I simply need to accept
> this
>>> and move on?  Or do I worry too much (:
>>>
>>> Thanks -- Mark
>>>
>
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