Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Mark Hahn" 
<markhahn2000@y...> wrote:

> so I decided to experiment with contact prints made from paper negs 
> on my 1160 with MIS VM inks, Epson PQIJ paper ('cuz I had some) and 
> Roark curves.  For some reason I decided to use a smooth gradient 
for 
> my calibration instead of a step wedge... printed out a half sheet 
> gradient from black to white using Roark UT11-N1 curve and was 
> surprised how really rotten it looked.  

MIS Variable Mix (VM) inkset plus the UT11-N1 curves (Ultra-Tone 
inkset) ? Are they supposed to work together ? I did not know that.

Have you tried the MIS VM Curve Adjustment- 2 by Paul Roark available 
in the files section of this newsgroup.

Or maybe I'm missing a thing or two.

Cheers,
Andre