Digital BW, The Print

Hi Matt,
At 04:33 PM Wednesday 2/4/04, you wrote:
>My most recent prints have been better. My theory is 
>that it's a combo of:
>
>-dot size of the 1200
>-getting all the alignments right
>-perfect film/perfect scans do better
>-and of course, alignment of the planets.

Thanks for that - I think the dot size is very likely a part of it too. 

But I've also wondered if it's less likely to happen with FS inks, which is why I've wondered about changing over to UTFS inks when they are released. (I do like the delicious warm tones you can get with the UT though.)

I think I've found it happens more with Tri-X than T400CN, though I love the skin tones I get with Tri-X. So maybe grain is part of it.

If anyone can comment (Paul?) on whether having the extra two shades of grey in a non-variable mix set would help, I'd appreciate any input.

BTW Matt, I notice that you're into dance photograhy. I did a website for a friend who was Margot Fontein's main photographer. The url is: http://www.fairprospect.co.nz/photographer/ (but the domain name is going to change soon).

Richard 
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