Digital BW, The Print

Roy,

I re-measured the Epson Photo Paper (EPP) strips that I made late 
yesterday and they were almost identical - no significant changes.  I 
blasted them with a hair dryer for about a minute or two before 
measuring yesterday.  I did notice that the EPP seems to take the high 
ink load better than ISP.

Carl

On Tuesday, January 20, 2004, at 01:37  PM, Roy Harrington wrote:

>
> Carl,
>
> I was using 80% limit + 20 overlap on the carbon only curve and
> 50% C, 45% M + 20 overlap on the neutral curve.  The carbon curves
> ought to be similar to yours for total ink, but the neutrals are pretty
> different since the ink sets are different.
>
> I went back this morning and looked at the steps.  They "look" very 
> good
> but I re-measured them and the densities are dramatically lower than I
> measured yesterday.  My guess is that I was getting a wet-glossy 
> reading
> that showed very high -- especially in the darker areas.  Are either 
> of you
> doing anything special to dry prints?  Hair dryer?
>
> Unfortunately, the linearization values I measured yesterday are also 
> off
> so the smoothness is not quite as good.
>
> The mid-tone densities are a bit higher than we're used to partially
> because dMax is higher.  The linearization puts the 50% step right at
> half way between 0 and 100 so all the steps are equal.  The density 
> numbers
> don't show this because they are logs, but if you look at the Lab 
> values
> 50Lab = (100Lab + 0Lab) /2.
>
> Roy
>
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Carl Schofield 
> <scho@m...>
> wrote: