Digital BW, The Print

Hey John,

I am using a 9600 and QTR for the last couple of days.  Amazing 
results. Question for you as we are using presumably similar setups.  
Are you able to soft proof in PS?  Do you find that the prints that 
you make at 1440 are dark in relation to your screen (about 2 
stops)?  I profile with Monaco so I am pretty close on the monitor.  
Just wondered if you had any words of wisdom with the QTR / 9600 
combination

On your question below I love 80%CS/20 N for cool tones but there are 
a world of possibilities;-)  QTR is an awesome solution to a tough 
problem!!!

In terms of ink I assume some Cyan is used as well to cool the tones 
but I am just speculating.  

Best regards
Brian



--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "john dean" 
<deanwork2003@y...> wrote:
> 
> I just wanted to thank Roy Harrington once again publicly for all 
he had done for this 
> global digital monochrome community. He deservs the engineer of the 
decade award for 
> QTR, and the way he had made it available to us so unselfishly. I 
thought is was cool with 
> straight quad inksets but with Ultrachrome, I'm amazed.
> 
> I set up my new 9600 yesterday and today I did 15 variations of 
monochrome toning of 
> one  portrait image on H. Photo Rag. These curves are so easy to 
use and this interface so 
> amazingly clear and user friendly I don't know what to say. It took 
me six months to TRY 
> to do with the Lyson Small Gamut tonable quad inkset what I did in 
one hour with 
> UltraChrome and QTR. And the Lyson tonable system never was 
satisfactory in regard to 
> metamerism or color purity.
> 
> Everyone of these variations I did this first day with QTR are 
worthy of putting in a gallery. 
> None of them are THE one, they all have their own qualities and 
none by the way have any 
> noticeable metamerism and with my drum scan I have very nice blacks 
and subtle high 
> values. And I've just started.
> 
> So far if I have a favourites from one days work the hue curve 
selections that I like ( today)
> are -  W 50%/ C 50% for a warm neutral, CS 70% / C 30% for cool 
neutral, and W/W 100% 
> for a carbon sepia hue. But there plenty of other combinations that 
I like as well, such as 
> the 100% CSel curves he already worked out. I know this took a lot 
of work from this team 
> and I just feel so much hope with my vocation when I see someone 
doing things right that 
> can make me think more creatively without having to fight the 
technology.
> 
> Does anyone have any personal choices for curve percentages/ paper 
combinations with 
> QTR and Ultrachrome? I'm curious what others are doing with this 
set up. Finally, how 
> much of this ink is coming out of the color channels? This I am not 
clear about. I mean 
> there is no metamerism and I find it hard to belive that I'm 
getting this subtle of tonal 
> rendition out of just 2 black channels?
> 
> Thanks again,
> 
> John