Digital BW, The Print

Djon, thanks much for the info. -- I'm going to try some...

Can you please tell me what QTR profile your using or is this a 
custom profile...?

SteveB 

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Djon" 
<westsidemaurice@y...> wrote:
> 
> Little bronzing, none under most light. If you work at it you can 
see it. 
> 
> There is an etched-seeming effect on the surface, at the edges of 
deep
> blacks, analogous almost to the famous "Rodinal Effect" ... that's 
> where bronzing can be seen if you hold the print at an angle under
> certain (unusual) kinds of light. I can see it if I hold the print
> close to an Ott light (neo daylight) at about 45deg. I've not found
> other situations but they probably exist. No evidence of it under
> tungsten, open soft daylight, harsh daylight, or warm fluorescent.
> Might be a problem under spots, such as decor or certain exhibit
> lighting. 
> 
> I don't think glossy's ever been the ideal for photos under glass, 
so
> if the print's supposed to be hung I'll use a matte.
> 
> Kokopelli is better-looking than Kodak's RC silver paper ever was,
> even with the bronzing. Better blacks, better scale, better gloss. 
> 
> Kokopelli isn't as satisfactory for color, but Photoshop User says
> it's the best, fwiw. I'm using Moab Entrada Natural for color, a 
matte
> paper without whiteners. 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>  
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "steveabrink"
> <steveabrink@y...> wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > For the Moab glossy paper are you using the IsmoothPearl profile 
or a 
> > custom profile?
> > 
> > How's the bronzing? 
> > 
> > Thanks in advance,
> > SteveB
> > 
> > --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Djon" 
> > <westsidemaurice@y...> wrote:
> > > 
> > > 
> > > QTRgui does a fabulous job (easy as pie, zero glitches) with 
inkjet
> > > B&W (2200 and OEM pigments) but I've not figured out how to 
specify
> > > image size on a print, or how to locate a print accurately on a 
page
> > > (which we can do with some awkwardness using the Epson printer 
app).
> > >  
> > > For example, I'd like to make 6X9 on 8.5X11 and I CAN do that 
with 
> > the
> > > Epson printer app, but I can't do that with QTR...which is near
> > > perfect, for B&W. Grrrr.
> > > 
> > > Any ideas out there?
> > > 
> > > Plug: Moab Kokopelli and the standard Epson pigments produce 
VERY
> > > attractive and subtle selenium-toned look, superb blacks, and an
> > > excellent high gloss in B&W... 
> > > 
> > > I wish color was as satisfactory gloss-wise... a report in the 
> > current
> > > Photoshop User Magazine rates Kokopelli as the very best glossy 
> > paper
> > > in all but one test image, but it still looks like glossy 
color's
> > > further from perfect than is QTR B&W glossy.