Digital BW, The Print

Tim- My MIS VM set for the 1160 has a blue tint in the Y position.  
For the warmest print no Y is used.  Progessively more is used to 
get a cooler image.  If you have the sepia VM set, I think the tint 
is a brown and the "cool" starting point would be neutral.  Each 
step towards full sepia would employ more tint.  

I switched from the original Roark curves to the UT1 curves without 
switching from the original inkset and found the transition much 
smoother. The prints look better.  I haven't tinkered with the 
curves, but it seems obvious to me that if tint is added, some of 
the other ink is subtracted.  If you start from a curve that employs 
the tint and then simply suppress it, the print will be too light. 

Hope this helps. -Andy  


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Tim Goodwin 
<tgvoice@f...> wrote:
> Am I right in assuming that the Yellow position in the MIS VM inks 
is 
> primarily for producing warming ?
> 
> To put it another way, if I want to produce neutral to cool prints 
> would I be  better off simply turning off the Yellow in QTR or 
does the 
> Yellow position contribute to a better/smoother print overall if 
left 
> on ?
> 
> Thanks
> Tim