Digital BW, The Print

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From: "kcongdon" <kurt@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2004 8:59 PM
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Howto generate a B/W test strip


Hi,

Coming from a traditional darkroom background, what I had in mind was
more of an exposure test strip than a step wedge.  I'd like to see
what effect varying the print density in varying degrees might have
on a printed b/w image.

Kurt



My way is to crop down to just the area I want to include in the test strip,
save it separately (Save As) and print just that strip. If I want a 1 inch
by 8 inch strip, I can print up to nine of them on a single letter size
sheet of paper, experimentally changing tonal adjustment settings between
printings. If I don't fill the whole sheet, I save it for future test
strips. If you need a strip longer than 11 inches, you'll obviously need a
larger sheet of paper but the principle is the same and you can get a lot of
test strips on a single 13 x 19 inch sheet of paper. That is currently my
way. If someone knows a better or faster way of accomplishing the same thing
I would like to hear about it.

Olaf Ringdahl