Digital BW, The Print

Andre,

I haven't used paul's curves myself, but I have seen many prints done 
with them in print exchanges.

My gut reaction is that they work quite well for landscape images, but 
less perfectly with portraits. I think this may be because Paul 
optimizes the curves for his printers and there may be slight variation 
with other printers. The result being that flat spots or gaps in the 
prints are not noticeable on landscapes, but our brains are quite 
sensitive to anomalies in flesh tones.

By making my own curves with QTR, I've accomplished very smooth grey 
ramps without any noticeable flat spots, so I'm happier with that 
solution. Using the supplied curves with QTR may negate the advantage, 
but I haven't tried it as I'm not using a "Standard" ink set in my 1160.

-bruce



On Tuesday, Jan 18, 2005, at 07:36 US/Pacific, 
DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com wrote:

> Message: 3
>    Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2005 22:18:29 -0000
>    From: "Andre" <am1000@...>
> Subject: Re: 1160 and UT newbie question
>
>
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, bruce greene
> <bagreene@v...> wrote:
>> Steve,
>>
>> I've been using an 1160 with MIS FS inks and QTR. Excellent results, 
>> no
>> variable tone with this inkset though.
>>
>> This should be a much less expensive solution than the cone system,
>> though will require more learning on  your part.
>>
>> -bruce
>>
> Even less expensive is using the same system with Paul's ajustement
> printing curves. Have you found any difference with QTR and using
> Paul's curves ?
>
> TIA,
> Andre