Digital BW, The Print

Jeez, I wish I knew how to describe it precisely, so as to offer real feedback for 
your future QTR development.  Let me try: on Ultrasmooth with an 85% 
CoolSe and 15% Warm combo (that's the print I happen to have in front of 
me), the hue still leans to the warm side of what I consider neutral.  My 
"neutral" reference is a print of a similar image on Ilford Multigrade IV wet 
darkroom paper and a print of the same image on Ultrasmooth from 
ImagePrint 5.5 -- I realize, however, that neutrality is subjective. It's no longer 
the light purplish of the pure CoolSe tone, but it's also not as, well, gray as the 
reference prints.  Knowing nothing about color theory, I don't know if I'm 
saying "I'd like to see some more magenta/cyan or whatever."  I'll sit down 
later and think about this a bit more to see if I can come up with more precise 
feedback. 

Just to be clear: I am by no means knocking QTR -- I love it!  I just wish there 
was a canned neutral curve for various papers (which I imagine is part of the 
problem, given that each paper has an inherent tone).  I also wish they'd hurry 
up and get you your 4000!


> 
> Hi Chip,
> 
> I don't regularly use a 7600/9600 so I don't have a favorite setup.
> But actually I doubt that any specific blend will be perfect for everyone
> in every lighting.   Can you tell how some of the blends you have tried
> are off from the neutral you are looking for?   Is it that the blending is
> not fine enough?  Or you need a different direction in color space?
> 
> As far as the 4000, the major issue is receiving my printer.  I'm still a
> ways down on the waiting list.   With some luck I'd hope to have it in
> July and support it soon after.
> 
> Roy