Digital BW, The Print

Wow, Paul, that is an excellent tip!  Thanks...

Although I don't know what the letters stand for, Photo RPM, I 
believe, means that the rate of printing has been slowed down to 
increase accuracy.

Ed


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Paul 
<pejohnson@p...> wrote:
> At 12:08 AM +0000 4/16/04, edrudolpho wrote:
> >I tried again using PG
> >and its profile and found that the grays would transition from 
> >yellow in the higher
> >end gray to violet-toned deeper grays.
> 
> At 3:08 AM +0000 4/16/04, sanfo2003 wrote:
> >using the "SPR800EnhMatteBstPhoto.icc" profile and using
> >the "Best Photo" resolution
> 
> 
> Hi Ed, I got exactly the results you describe until noticing the 
> "Bstphoto" in the profile name. Naturally wanting to try the new 
> highest resolution I had been using Photo RPM.
> 
> My results match Sandy's with Enhanced matte. So far, 
Premium Glossy, 
> Semi-gloss, and Luster are also spot-on neutral, and the 
gloss 
> optimizer has been very effective although you can see 
something 
> metamerism-like, a very slight color brozing, by looking closely 
at a 
> wide angle under strong light. Gotta look for it. I suspect there 
may 
> be less printer to printer variation than we've come to expect.
> 
> Only yesterday did I notice bronzing (but without a changed 
color 
> cast) in a color print and that was in the shadows of a deep 
blue 
> dusk winter moonrise. This printer has handled extreme 
gamut 
> saturations remarkably well for my experience with inkjets. (I've 
> mainly used an old Stylus Photo but then LightJet for finished 
color 
> prints.)
> 
> Aren't the R800 profiles Bill Atkinson's? As I recollect that 
helped 
> sell me on the printer.
> 
> And, if anyone knows, what the bleep is a "Photo RPM"?
> 
> 
> -- 
> Paul
> 
> 
> http://www.paulericjohnson.com