Digital BW, The Print

Steve,

Thank you very much. You have no idea how much your input/instruction is appreciated!

Jason

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Steve Kale <stevekale@b...> 
wrote:
> Try the Ilford Smooth.
> 
> But it is worth understanding what a QTR curve is a little more because (you
> have a great printer and) ideally you would have a curve linearised for that
> specific paper (and your specific printer).  Take a look at one of the ink
> descriptor files (.txt) and then look at its .quad file.  The .txt file is
> how you instruct QTR to create a set of lookup tables - the .quad file - for
> a specific ink/paper combo.   In essence, QTR for each file pixel value
> looks up the tables and fires each ink according to the % indicated in the
> lookup table (expressed as an 8 bit number).  When you do an ink descriptor
> file you tell QTR which inks are going to be used to make up the greyscale
> (eg K and LK combined with LM and LC to cool the LK down =>
> UC_Neutraliser=yes), what the ink limits are and at what point are the
> cross-overs, and importantly, at the end you linearise this, meaning you
> want nice even steps in Lab's luminance from paper white to ink black.
> Combine this nicely linearized greyscale output with Roy's perceptual
> rendering and you have a sweet workflow.
> 
> 
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