Digital BW, The Print

dafna wrote:

>... MIS FS quadtone .... I'm printing portraits from tibet and
>the true black just does not blend in. ... the black
>blotches up and pixelates - ...

Paper and workflow information would definitely help.

If you are using the Woolf (non-Piezo) workflow, try converting the image to
RGB before applying the adjustment curve.  When you apply the adjustment
curve, alter it by going into the individual colors of the dialogue box.
Pull the green curve up slightly and push the blue curve down an equal
amount.

The point of this is to use the 24 bit mode and put the lines at different
points to smooth out the transition.  I'm not a fan of 8-bit adjustments (or
the non-partitioning workflow if a 4-ink printer is being used) because they
result in more visible artifacts.

Paul
http://www.PaulRoark.com