Digital BW, The Print

I've been using Paul's curves in a 1160 and getting pretty good 
results, as good as if not better than what I was getting with the 
PiezgraphyBW software. In fact I no longer see any banding with the  
heavier weight paper.

Did you by any chance convert your grayscale image to RGB prior to 
printing ?

And lastly, you might want to tone down your remarks a wee bit!

Cheers,
Andre


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DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "dizzyashell2003" 
<dizzyashell@d...> wrote:
> I have downloaded the profiles that Paul has on the MIS website for 
an Epson Photo 
> Stylus 1200. I'm using the variable Quadtone ink sets and have 
everything set up as 
> suggested by Paul's workflow. I have had nothing but horrid 
results. After the first 
> print hit the garbage can I loaded the curves back in and went into 
the individual 
> channels and looked at the way he has them bent. After looking at 
the individual 
> colors and how they are bent, I thought I had found the problem. I 
was having a 
> minor bit of solarization going on in mid-tones. So I took the pins 
out of the Blue 
> curve which were bent in a ridiculous manner which was causing the 
solarization. You 
> can't bend curves up and down in a sign wave type of manner and 
have your tones 
> come out without them being solorized. I can't see how anyone can 
have decent 
> results with these curve settings. My shadow area is not 
continuous; there are blotchy 
> spots through out the blacks, no continuous tones. It looks like 
someone took a felt 
> tip pen and made a bunch of dots to create the black area. I just 
can't see how these 
> curves were created and anyone have, like I said, good results. I'm 
professional color 
> technician and have been doing color for prepress for over 7 years 
and can't seem to 
> get this to work. If anyone has ANY advice on how these inks and 
how digital printing 
> with these inks and curve settings, please let me know how you 
accomplished this. 
> Everyone I have asked can't see how these curve settings can even 
come close to 
> giving good results. I have had everything set exactly as to Paul's 
workflow and just 
> can't seem to get it right. Conventional printing may be the road I 
travel again. This is 
> very counter-productive.
> 
> www.deanmbeattiephoto.com