Digital BW, The Print

Pieris Berreitter wrote:

>I loaded up a sheet of Ilford Galerie Smooth Pearl today to see what
>I've been missing as I've only printed on EEM so far. At first glance
>the Ilford looks better: deeper blacks, mostly. I boosted the contrast
>of the EEM print to try to match but the Dmax still does not compare
>to the glossy finish of the Ilford paper.
>
>But on close examination of the Ilford under light there are these
>weird cellular patterns in discrete portions of the image. Does anyone
>know where these weird patterns are coming from? It seems to be
>localized to the denser areas. I'm using the appropriate "Neutral"
>curves from Paul's website.
>
>I have scanned portions of the image on both EEM and on Ilford to
>compare. See:
>
>www.pmb.net/darkroom/maninhat_ilfordscan_crop.jpg
>www.pmb.net/darkroom/maninhat_eemscan_crop.jpg
>
>  
>
Try UCpk-PJO instead of EEM. Much better.
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Hans VR
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