Digital BW, The Print

On Saturday, March 13, 2004, at 05:43 PM, Tom Baker wrote:

> James  -
>
> Everyone is improving.  IP6 - due out within weeks - is supposed to 
> have improved color saturation.  Maybe this will address what you 
> perceive as poor red.  And, then again, maybe not.  I've had good 
> results from IP, even in the reds.  But, some papers are certainly 
> better than others for IP and color.
>
> Tom Baker
>
>
>

Tom,

I've got some ProfileMaker profile adjustments to try, also.  Some I've 
tried, with improvement, and some I haven't had time yet.
IP6 sounds pretty cool, especially the spit toning feature, if that 
pans out as advertised.  For right now, I'm putting my money into other 
things, but I'm still an IP fan.

But you're right about another thing, and this is about printing in 
general- things are improving all the time.  Inkjet printing is still 
in its infancy.  We're going round and round on which thing is best of 
things that didn't even exist five or six years ago.  I was talking 
yesterday to a friend about Stylus Pro XL  prints, and we were laughing 
about how fugitive the colors were even in prints that had been kept in 
the dark.  Back then you couldn't make a serious inkjet print at home.  
All that's changed already, and they keep coming up with new software, 
new media, new inks all the time.  I've been using this Entrada paper, 
and it looks and feels so nice that I keep working with it, but it 
seems trickier than others to profile.

James Irelan