Digital BW, The Print

Steve,

I try to make the curves to the same 50% density value and then roll off the
shadow tones from 70% or 75% to black to get even steps to the various
dmaxs.  So, if a curve is printing darker overall, it's not intentional.

My observation was that the Premium SemiGloss curves worked well on Premium
Glossy and Premium Luster (but not Premium SemiMatte).  I may not have
checked every combination of curve and paper, however.

If you use the Premium Semigloss curve (UT2-PermSemiGloss ...), what value
does the 50% patch match if you hold a test strip next to one done on, for
example, EEM?

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com 

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-----Original Message-----
From: Stephen Kobrin [mailto:kobrins@...] 
Sent: Monday, August 30, 2004 4:25 AM
To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Digital BW] Glossy UT prints

I tried printing on glossy paper for the first time using UT inks, a 
1280 and Epson's premium glossy paper. Using the carbon curves for 
Eboni black, the glossy print is a bit darker and there is some loss 
of detail in very dark areas. (The difference can be seen across the 
entire tonal range.)  To this point, I have only printed on matte 
paper (my comparison in this case is EEM) and I am not sure what 
conclusion to draw.  Is this a normal artifact of glossy paper, in 
which case it would be easy enough to apply a final curve to lighten 
the image.  

I am using Paul Roark's curves rather than the sliders.  

Steve





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