Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "dmcluckie"
<don@m...> wrote:
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "lulalake_1999" 
> <lulalake_1999@y...> wrote:
> > Hi Don,
> > Let us know how it turns out, I just bought a C84 and am awaiting 
> my 
> > inks.
> 
> Jules,
> 
> I think you will like it.  I am a complete beginner at this, and so 
> far it is great.
> 
> Thanks to those who provided links to images.  I have printed a few 
> crops from this one:
> http://download.petraflux.com/technical.zip
> It showed what I wanted to see, that the printer and EZ inks are very 
> capable when using a great photo.  I cropped the photo of the old man 
> in the hat and printed test prints at 4x5, which is ~200 dpi if I 
> recall correctly.
> 
> I am still using the Heavyweight Matte paper for comparison sake, and 
> because I'm darn cheap.  Using neutral inks.  I started with the 
> Plain Paper setting as advocated by Paul Roark for some better papers 
> to enhance dmax.  With HWMatte paper, the Plain Paper setting is not 
> working as well as the actual HWM setting.  The Plain Paper setting 
> is producing horizontal banding or line marks in black areas, such as 
> the area to the viewer's right of the man's head.  The HWM setting 
> eliminated it.  (Nozzle checks were good.)
> 
> I don't have any way of measuring dmax, but the HWM setting appears 
> just as good as Plain Paper setting to me in that respect.  Since 
> Paul "wrote the book" about this combo, I'm assuming my results are 
> unique to the low price HWM paper which Paul probably does not bother 
> with.
> 
> I am using these settings:  Color Controls, gamma 2.2, and everything 
> else set to Off or zero.  Too easy.
> 

I get banding on the heavyweight matte paper with the plain paper
setting if I don't set the contrast and brightness according to Paul
Roark's settings listed on the MIS website.

Derry