Digital BW, The Print

Johnny - many thanks - I think it's time for me to try the MIS inks and 
see where that gets me.

ernie
On Jan 4, 2005, at 5:27 PM, Johnny Eades wrote:

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>  Hello Ernie,
>
>  I used the PiezographyBW plugin (same as R9 by Sundance)intially when
>  trying to learn BW printing and found all the lower midtones to be
>  blocked up and muddy. Then I upgraded to the BWIcc profiles and used
>  MIS FSN inks and got very good tones all the way from black to white.
>
>  Then MIS said they were going to discontinue FSN in favor of the new
>  UT inks by Paul Roark, who is on this newgroup a lot. I bought the
>  UT2 inks and have been very well pleased with them. I use both the
>  curves by Paul and am trying out QTR by Roy Harrington to see the
>  difference in ink consumption and tones. So far the QTR uses less ink
>  that the Epson driver with sliders set to zero, but Prefer the warmer
>  tones of the sliders. I'm still learning QTR's finer points at this
>  time.
>
>  Your friend in Photography,
>
>  Johnny
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>  --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, ernie nitka
>  <enitka1@c...> wrote:
>  >
>  > Howdy - I'm new to the group and wanted to know if anyone is using
>  this
>  > combo.  I am and recently have been underwhelmed by it.  My
>  workflow is to
>  > get the TIF looking the way I want it in Photoshop CS and then
>  export it to
>  > the R9 Driver.  I've tried playing with the gamma but my reading of
>  the
>  > manual is that this only effects the mid-tones.  I've recently been
>  able to
>  > get better looking prints from my Epson 960 using soft proofing and
>  the OEM
>  > inks.  I'm thinking of going with the MIS inks and curves.
>  >
>  > Any thoughts.
>  >
>  > Ernie Nitka
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