Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., Todd Flashner <tflash@e...> 
wrote:
<snip>

> DSS, and Greenies is another story, but even while monitoring for 
onset of
> either of those conditions, I recommend printing Tyler's Zee's over 
nozzle
> checks or any other target that I know.
> 
> Todd

Nozzle checks do not help at all in diagnosing DSS, you well likely 
get a perfect nozzle check and still could have bad DSS.

I have been lax in printing out Tyler's Z for a "reference print" to 
check for DSS, but agree that it is probably a marvelous image to 
print out every 3 weeks to check for DSS. It would really show up the 
flattened midtones symptom of DSS. The only additional thing that 
might be nice is to have an additional step wedge and a familiar test 
print like the "staircse image" except that it be extremely grainy- 
bad, like ISO 800 or more. I find some graininess seems to help detect 
the other DSS symptoms. FWIW,
Jim H.