Digital BW, The Print

Mike,
There is nothing wrong with what you are doing but you might find it 
more revealing if you print one of the many step wedges available.

Jerome
http://www.jeromehawkins.com/



--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, gendem 
<gendem@y...> wrote:
> Hi there
> 
> I'm writing today to let you all know how my
> experiment worked out.  I own an Epson Stylus Photo
> 900 (not the color 900) and although it is not
> directly supported by either MIS or the curves Paul so
> graciously provided, it uses the same cartridges as
> the 1270/1280.  So I ordered a set of QVM cartridges
> from MIS in the hopes that one of the curves would
> work.  The rest of this email deals with my results.
> 
> The cartridges themselves were recognized just fine by
> the printer, so that was a relief.  Next I prepped two
> photos for printing, one a recent wedding photo, and
> another a shot of a bush in the mist.  I wanted two
> photos that were different enough from each other to
> show how the curves would perform.
> 
> I tested two sets of curves so far, the 1270 PC curves
> (1270pc.zip) and the 1280 PC curves (1280pc.zip).  In
> general the 1270 curves produced output that is
> lighter/more washed out, and less accurate to the
> screen.  The 1280 curves produced better results all
> around, however some of the mid-tone detail was lost:
> shades close to each other in the middle of the tonal
> range appeared closer together than in the 1270
> curves, leading to a loss of detail.  In addition, the
> 1280 warm curve (vmp8w21.acv) produced blowouts at the
> high end, where it looked like anything over a certain
> value was given the same value.  
> 
> I hope you can understand what I've written, I'm
> afraid I'm not up on the proper terminology of this
> stuff.  I will continue to test different curves in
> the hope of finding a set that works best for this
> printer.  Thanks to Paul for creating these curves and
> allowing them to be distributed for free.  
> 
> ...Mike 
> 
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