Digital BW, The Print

Steve,

I agree with your disdain of the watermark. The size of the letters makes it difficult to make accurate judgements when comparing prints. Wait 'till you print B&W...the letters are solid black which REALLY plays with your eyes when comparing shadow values.

I would be very interested to hear your comments regarding IP's grayscale capability when you feel ready to post a few opinions.

Alan Huntley

> 
> From: "Steve Kale" <stevekale@...>
> Date: 2003/10/13 Mon PM 04:01:33 EDT
> To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [Digital BW] ImagePrint 5.6
> 
> Thanks for the comments.  I agree that the IP colour print I just did is ever so slightly 
> "brighter" and "less saturated" (sky tones do indeed appear a more natural blue vs 
> perhaps a slight tourquoise tint).  I am comparing the IP print using the daylight 
> Hahnemuhle Photorag profile for 2880dpi against an identical print using the Epson 
> driver and a profile for Hahnemuhle Photorag from 
> 
> http://lenscraft.com/profiles/bullock/2200/index.html
> 
> which has been designed for 1440x720 HQ (this print has also been sprayed with 3 
> coats of Lyson print spray).  The most annoying thing is the watermark which is over 
> the entire print making it impossible for a decent comparison -  I understand the 
> need for a watermark but this is complete overkill!!
> 
> I am now printing a B&W image (given that this is the focus of this forum) and will 
> compare it with the same image printed using Quadtone RIP using Carl's 2200 
> profiles 50:50 cool/warm.
> 
> Regards
> 
> Steve
> 
> (PS the colour image I was printing is of the Utah desert with a detailed foreground 
> with brown tones and a blue sky speckled with white clouds - the horizon is low at 
> about 1/4 of the height of the page.  It was Fuji Provia 100 35mm film scanned on an 
> Imacon 848 at 6300ppi. Not a bad image to highlight the points you noted.)