Digital BW, The Print

I was going to title this response "A new paradigm for digital printing,"
but I figured no one would read it. [G]

I have worked on digital images for 14 years, first on Cadd-based
architectural renderings, now with B/W photos.  I have always sought digital
graphics that did not pretend (or aspire) to be "the same" as some analog
(i.e. silver) process.  For that reason, I have been much more interested in
prints on heavily textured WC paper than "photo glossy."

Paul, I think you are really onto something here- we can make prints that no
silver process can approximate!


Bill Morse
PhotoProspect
Cambridge, MA 

on 11/3/01 1:53 AM, Paul Roark wrote:

This evening's entertainment was making a warm/sepia version of the
variable-tone inkset.  It uses the standard MIS VM inks and curves, except
that it uses a sepia toner instead of the bluish toner.

I printed and scanned my Oceano Dunes with the normal 4 MIS VM  curves.
I've asked Martin to post it in the Files section of the forum.  The name of
the file is "VM-Sepia."  I assume it will be in the Message Related Files
section sometime tomorrow.

The sepia toner formula is 4 parts Yellow pigs (the newer, much more
fade-resistant version sold by MIS as "FS yellow"), 2 parts magenta pigs, 3
parts MIS "25" and 3  parts MIS clear base.

It's not quite perfect, but not a bad start if people are interested in such
an inkset.

The VM inkset goes both ways -- in fact, about any way you want it to.

Paul
http://www.PaulRoark.com




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