Digital BW, The Print

For what it's Worth.....this may help some people save some time 
etc......


Ok, I have been making an album of photos, for a gift, about 25 prints, 
and used the project to really get to know the costco glossy paper. 
Earlier I posted about the slider positions for getting a neutral 
print. I had said that I thought this was the best:
cyan =0
mag  = neg 8
yel=    0

this does makes maybe the most neutral print, but I have found that 
this paper is more picky in regards to lighting that any matte, rag, or 
even epson cheap glossy or ilford smooth pearl.
  In different lighting situations, You really see some magenta in the 
shadows, but if you counteract it by using more cool ink, (the cyan 
slider) that gets really cool fast, and you still get some magenta down 
low kind of like a split tone... Very darks are very cool, mids are 
slightly red, and high mids are warm, and then highs are cool. 
SO.....wonder-of-wonders.....I have come to the conclusion that just 
leaving everything at zero gives a great print that looks good in all 
lighting, even though it's kind of warm, and not neutral, the tone is 
the same in all the gradations, and the warmth is a real nice normal 
looking warm.

I am sure that a set of curves could counter-act all of that, but I'll 
bet that things will still shift a lot in diferent lighting. With 
sliders at zero, and 2880 dpi, these settings really make a print that 
people like, and they dont say    "..did you do this on a 
computer?".....with that kind of dissaproving look that people get when 
they think that they are "fooled" into thinking  they are looking at a 
"photograph"

I also determined that Print shield makes them feel more natural, as 
well as eliminating most of the little bit of bronzing that shows.

Now we just need to find out who makes it and how to get a good supply 
of it.
Doug M