Digital BW, The Print

That looks like the paper being overloaded with ink.  It's a major problem
with Ilford and, usually to a lesser extent, other glossy papers.

With the Epson driver, the media type setting is the way to control the ink
load.  The Photo Quality Glossy Film or other paper type setting might help.
Some printers seem to overload the paper worse than others.  The 2000P,
7500, and 1290, for example, seem to print with a higher load than the 1280.
I just received a 1280 silver, and I'm suspicious it's more like the 1290
than the older 1280 I had.

What printer and inkset are you using? 

At any rate, try some different paper type settings and see if it is
controllable.

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com 




-----Original Message-----
From: Pieris Berreitter [mailto:pieris@...] 
Sent: Friday, December 24, 2004 12:07 AM
To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Digital BW] trouble with Ilford Galerie Smooth Pearl



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






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