Digital BW, The Print

Both these prints are on EAM, despite the 'green' problem I'm having with
cone etc , to be fair JC has said that Piezo shouldn't be used on EAM
because of the way that the ink reacts with the paper. A lot of people
complain about piezo being warm on SE, but SE is notorious for turning piezo
brown - PR is not, WR also is not. I send some prints to a well known photog
(I won't quote his name as I've not asked permission to share this, but his
comments on piezo were as follows:

"here's what i think -- there's a really big difference between the piezo
prints and a traditional darkroom print.  the difference feels to me like
the difference between a watercolor painting and an oil painting.  in fact
the texture of the paper is very much like paper used for watercolors.

this doesn't mean that the effect is not pleasing -- but like oils, i don't
think it reflects as much light as a darkroom print.  this is especially
true in the darker areas and the lighter areas, due to the paper, are just
not as white.

in terms of tonality, the picture that worked the best for me was of the kid
in the cart on the boardwalk.  and this makes sense since it was all about
middle-tones."

Julian

----- Original Message -----
From: <rbollini@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, November 04, 2001 2:08 PM
Subject: [Digital BW] Paul Roark's Comparison Print.


> In the list *Files* section, "Message Related Files", FS-N1-PZO.jpg,
> Paul has placed two prints of a landscape printed with the Piezo
> software using Piezo inks for one image, and a neutral set of his own
> devising for the other. My monitor is calibrated with PhotoCal, and
> the colour prints I get from my 1160 using a ProfilerRGB profiler
> match wonderfully well with the screen image, so I assume the
> impression I have of these two prints is sound. Rich as it is, the
> piezo print bears a distinctly green cast. The other print suits my
> taste very well, but that's not the point. I want only to ask those
> of you who print with the piezo set to look at the prints Paul has
> made available and say whether the piezo fairly represents your
> experience with these inks. Warm is one thing, green is another.
> Bob Bollini
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