Digital BW, The Print

I would prefer printed output, then I could scan them all with the 
same scanner and settings.  I wasn't that concerned with neutrality 
since I've only seen that as a problem with color mixed b&w which 
wasn't my intent, but if they are all scanned in color you could 
convert them to LAB and take readings... of course there is no 
guarentee that my scanner is any more perfectly color calibrated than 
anyone else's, though I have built a greyscale calibration curve.  If 
there are volunteers I'll post both a smooth gradient and stepwedge.

Contact me off-list to set this up.

I think this would be of service to the whole b&w printing community 
and should be almost no effort to anyone but myself:)

thanks,

mark

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Paul D. 
DeRocco" <pderocco@i...> wrote:
> > From: Mark Hahn [mailto:markhahn2000@y...]
> >
> > ok, there apparently isn't a reference comparing the gradients 
from
> > the major inksets/workflows/RIPs... are there any volunteers to
> > submit a gradient?  I can do 1160+VM+Roark and 2200+IP.
> 
> What do you want, scans of printed output? That would allow us to 
see if any
> workflows produced unexpected posterization, but it wouldn't allow 
us to
> compare neutrality, etc., because everyone's scanners are 
different. I'd
> like to see a combo of a gradient scan, and a list of Lab readings 
from a
> step wedge.
> 
> --
> 
> Ciao,               Paul D. DeRocco
> Paul                mailto:pderocco@i...