Digital BW, The Print

Tim,

I'm not sure why Adrian's prints would be off by as much as they are
described.  Usually if an image is really off it is because of settings
being different.  However, I've wondered if there are driver differences
aside from the obvious Mac v. PC distinctions or whether the mechanical
differences among the machines is a factor.

As a practical matter, I think the perfectionists might want to do
fine-tuning of their machines.  From the feedback I get it seems like most
people with similar printers get reasonably close results, but the ones I've
seen indicate that they are not exact copies.  So, whether its driver
version differences or mechanical differences, most are fairly close, but
there may be some that are not so close.

Paul
  -----Original Message-----
  From: Tim Mimpriss [mailto:tim.mimpriss@...]
  Sent: Friday, November 16, 2001 10:58 AM
  To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
  Subject: [Digital BW] VM curves


  Following an earlier question of mine, one of the members of this list,
  Adrian Joyner, made me some prints using VM and Paul Roark's curves on an
  ESC 1160. He also sent some comparison prints made with Piezography ink
  using the new Piezo driver.

  I liked the ability to control the tone (warm/neutral/cool) of the
  monochrome image, but, as
  Adrian pointed out, the VM prints showed much greater separation of tones
in
  the deep shadows, lost the subtle tonal detail there and produced a
  posterised
  effect. His Piezo print on the other hand was in fact very close to the
way
  I originally visualised the
  scene and similar to my own prints in tonal gradation.

  I am wondering therefore whether anyone else has seen this as a problem
and
  achieved a satisfactory solution.

  Thanks,

  Tim
  --
  Tim Mimpriss



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