Digital BW, The Print

>after being really impressed w/ your UT7 inks and curves, I took the 
>plunge and bought the CIS for the 2200.  I'm currently using the CIS 
>system on inkjet art's duo matte paper w/ the EEM Neutral curve and 
>following all your "printing w/ curves" instructions (16-bit layers, 
>ADOBE RGB color space, etc.).  unfortunately, w/ the curve applied, 
>the midtones print---to use a technical word---"smeary."  when I 
>print the image w/o the curve, there's no midtone problem, but the 
>image is too dark.

>any idea what's causing the smeary grays?

I can't tell what might be causing the problem.  The addition of a CIS
should not have had any effect.  So, if the inks and printer looked good
before, but the problem showed up with the CIS, the first thing I'd do is
re-check that the inks are in the right positions.

I'm not familiar with the paper you're using.  So, the curve may not be a
good fit for the paper.  You might try some of the other curves.

In general, printing without curves is a more failsafe procedure.  If the
print is too dark then, even with appropriate slider controls, that might be
a sign that it's not just a bad curve.

Of course, be sure that the file has no residual color information in it
before curves are applied and that there is no embedded profile.

>I'm wondering if the grays are a result of applying your paper 
>curves to overmanipulated and degraded images: I'm using pixel 
>picasso's photokit to sharpen and apply other effects and photoshop 
>CS's shadow/highlight tool.

That is possible.  Printing a 21-step test file on a paper for which there
are slider control recommendations and curves is a better way to check out
the system than using a file that may be the source of the problem.  I have
test files posted on my web Information page.  You might also want to check
out the Readme file there for UT7.  See the index at
http://home1.gte.net/res09aij/index.htm.

>the inks are great; I just want to be able to use them correctly.

I think getting good results with the sliders from a grayscale file is the
first step.  After you're comfortable with that and the images look good,
curves would be the next and more complicated step.  Frankly, I use the
sliders approach a lot -- easy works for me.

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com 











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