Digital BW, The Print

Carl

Thanks. My concern, and perhaps it is an unfounded one (I am still very much
a newbie here), is that images may effectively lack punch because only those
areas of the image that are pushed to 100% black are printed dark.  Midtones
might be smooth but if the step near the 100% end is too great then images
may appear flat and print lighter than they are on the screen.  If we proof
and then correct, don't we end up simply slamming more of the image into
100% black?

I know that Roy recently bought a 2200 and may take a look at this.  I was
simply eager to see if I was viewing an anomaly or not.

Steve



> From: Carl Schofield <scho@...>
> Reply-To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2004 15:45:25 -0500
> To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [Digital BW] smoothest gradient from hex/quadtone?
> 
> Steve,
> 
> I haven't printed the EEM profiles recently (I'm working with UT inks
> right now and glossy papers), but most of my profiles show a jump with
> the OffsetGrad image at around 99% to 100%.  I'm not sure how you would
> deal with this or if it is even something to be concerned about as long
> as you are not seeing shadow gradient problems in real life prints.
> Perhaps Roy has some suggestions.  I'd be much more concerned if there
> were distinct bands in the mid tones or quarter tones where they are
> more likely to cause problems in real images with smooth tonal
> gradients in these lighter areas.
> 
> Carl