Digital BW, The Print

Martin,

Yes, I do use an Inkjet print as a proof before I make a negative. I use the
same Pictorico white film material to make both inkjet proof and inkjet
negative. In making the proof, I use the ICC profile for the Pictorico white
film material when printing and also use the ICC profile with the soft-proof
feature in Photoshop. I turn off all color management in Photoshop when
actually printing the negative. The inkjet proofs I print are a dead match
with the silver/gelatin prints I make with the negative. The only difference
being that the silver print does not have all of the funky color casts and
metamerism that monochrome inkjet prints, made with color Ultrachrome inks
have.

The methods I use to make these negatives are fundamentally not that much
different than those that are documented in the 'Inkjet Companion" to Dan
Burkholder's wonderful book on digital negatives. You can visit his website
and down load a copy of the document for $15.00. He does a much better job
of explaining the process than I can. :>)

Best Regards,

David R. Spielman


  -----Original Message-----
  From: Martin Wesley [mailto:mwesley250@...]
  Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2003 1:41 PM
  To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
  Subject: RE: [Digital BW] The Holy Grail?



  David,

  Thank you for that post. Would you be kind enough to post a message
  outlining your workflow?

  Someone recently post that this was the inkjet list. It certainly seems
that
  way at times but that was not the original intent and information on other
  paths is most welcome.

  Do you use inkjet for proofing prior to making your contact negative?

  Martin Wesley
  www.carolyn.cc/Guests/MartinWesley/pages/MW_01.html
  www.borderless-photos.de/guests.html



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