Digital BW, The Print

Will UT-2 be replacing the current UT ink sets?.

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Roark" 
<paul.roark@v...> wrote:
> I think I have the final formula for this inkset, but I'll continue 
to test
> all week.
> 
>  
> 
> On EEM, grayscale files print 0.02 units warm with the driver on 
the default
> "Color Controls," "Automatic," and the paper setting at HWM.  
> 
>  
> 
> With the driver Color Controls on Vivid, and sliders set at Cyan 
+7, Magenta
> -5, the print is neutral ("selenium" tone, with the magenta 
elevated 0.01).
> The Cyan ink is very cool.  This position was chosen for the cool 
ink so
> that the cyan colored marker by the slider would help people 
remember which
> ink is cold.  The magenta and light magenta positions contain raw 
carbon
> inks.  
> 
>  
> 
> With the sliders set to Y +25, M +10, C -15, the print is medium 
warm (Y - C
> = 0.05).  The Yellow position ink is very warm.  The yellow marker 
by that
> slider should help people remember this position.  
> 
>  
> 
> Here's an extra trick that gives some nice control.  Because the 
Yellow
> position (warm ink) is used sparingly in the midtones by the Epson 
driver
> and then relatively more heavily in the shadows, one can control the
> relative shadow tone with the Yellow slider.  So, when just the C & 
M
> sliders are used to get a neutral print, as above, the shadows are
> relatively neutral.  When the Y slider is pulled down to, for 
example, -15
> (with the C cool inks set to +8) the shadows turn cooler than the 
neutral
> midtone.  This is actually more typical of the true selenium-toned 
silver
> prints.
> 
>  
> 
> So, the sliders can not only control the overall tone, within the 
cool to
> medium-warm range, but they can also alter the shadow tones 
relative to the
> midtones.
> 
>  
> 
> With RGB curves, the full range of sepia (0.25 warm) to carbon only 
(.11
> warm) and the other tones are also available.  Power users may 
still prefer
> the full control that these curves give, but there is now 
substantial
> control just with the much more accessible sliders.
> 
>  
> 
> Paul
> 
> www.PaulRoark.com <http://www.paulroark.com/>  
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