Digital BW, The Print

Roy Harrington wrote:
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Ernst Dinkla <E.Dinkla@c...> 
> wrote:
> 
>>Roy Harrington wrote:
>>
>>>I've been collecting a set of prints from various printers, various inksets
>>>and various workflows.  Here's a bunch of hi res scans of prints.
>>>
>>>http://harrington.com/dotscans/dotsdots.html
>>>
>>>Most of the variations are very subtle to the naked eye.
>>>
>>>Roy
>>
>>Roy, good job, thank you.
>>
>>The 7500 sample with QTR / Ultratone custom set  "dark blue dots 
>>noticible". Is that the one where you don't use a Light Toner ?
>>
>>Ernst
> 
> 
> Yes.  I have just the UT1 dark blue toner because I used the other
> slot for a sepia toner.   It's very subtle in a real print -- just about
> invisible.   Not a single person who has seen my prints has ever mentioned
> it.  As I don't need quite that much blue color I've been thinking of
> mixing a 50/50 of the two blue toners.  This way the dots will be lighter
> and there will be more of them which will have a smoothing effect.
> 
> Roy

That way you will get more ink above 50% to get the same tone I 
guess, so you limit the blue tone to get no bleeding.

Roy,  would it be possible to use your image 1/4 x 1/4 inch for 
making a sample here. Ultratone VM, Wasatch SoftRip 4.5,  my 
custom curves, Epson 9000, HPR. It will not be entirely the same 
setup with an Epson 3200 scanner but nevertheless ...

Ernst