Digital BW, The Print

I'm simply using the canned Epson glossy profile. Not perfect, but
very good tonally and quite attractive. 


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "steveabrink"
<steveabrink@y...> wrote:
> 
> 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.