Digital BW, The Print

I just (after a year of on-off use) got around to testing wether 
placing an adjustment curve above or below Paul's partition curves 
makes a difference. Did someone mention this and I missed it 
completely? It makes a huge difference, at least on this test/image! 
Placing the adj. below the part. curve produced lower contrast, 
posterization, and a very obvious blue shift in the midtones (Ultra-
tone VM inks). The very same curve above the partition curves 
produced what I expected: neutral tone, good contrast, a smooth 
ramp. As they say...

Steve Karafyllakis