Digital BW, The Print

Peter--

Thanks for posting.  I think it would have helped if the image were a tad 
smaller.  It would have helped to see an enlarged section of the object, 
then the super-sized images of the dots.  Just my two cents.

Jay


>From: "Peter Nelson" <pnweb@...>
>Reply-To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
>To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [Digital BW] Re: Tungsten Balance of Epson Archivals
>Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 02:11:33 -0000
>
>--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Tyler Boley"
> > It may be, but it seems to be an assumption without verification. The
> > reason a great deal, if not all, yellow is removed from the various UC
> > monochrome solutions out there (like IP) is that the light K ink now
> > running all the way up the scale is very warm, and no yellow ink is
> > required. Actually, to help metamerism as much color ink as possible
> > is removed with these solutions, but some CM (or light CM) is required
> > to neutralize the warm light K.
> > Someone toying with QTR and UCs could test and confirm if the presence
> > of yellow ink increases metamerism.
>
>I have some hi-rez scans on my website of 2200 prints made with
>different drivers showing individual droplets:
>
>This is the default Epson driver doing its best gray:
>http://studio-nelson.com/inkjet/ijimages/ed1a.jpg
>
>Black-Only at the highest dot resolution:
>http://studio-nelson.com/inkjet/ijimages/edbo1a.jpg
>
>The IP RIP
>http://studio-nelson.com/inkjet/ijimages/ip1a.jpg
>(N.B. no yellow)
>
>The Epson RIP (since discontinued)
>http://studio-nelson.com/inkjet/ijimages/er1a.jpg
>
>...sorry the scans aren't better but they were at the limit of the
>resolution of my 1640su.
>
>I thought the IP RIP had the nicest-looking BW output, followed by the
>Epson RIP.  Both were relatively free of metamerism.   But none of
>them (and nothing else I've seen on an inkjet) is as good, to me, as
>the same digital file printed photographically.
>
>
>
>

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