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Re: [Digital BW] Quadtone RIP Faded print

2005-03-23 by guy washburn

Settings of 1440 dpi, better cure most of the vertical
banding. 1-3% noise in the pure blacks will take care
of any remaining issue.

Guy
--- davidpichevin <davidpichevin@...> wrote:
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com,
> Steve Kale
> <stevekale@b...> wrote:
> > Make QTR Lab Grey your grey scale workspace. 
> Convert your image to B&W
> > using whatever technique you use. Work it up in
> QTR Lab Gray  (it is no
> > longer RGB).  Then convert with perceptual
> rendering to QTR Grey
> Photo Paper
> > or Matte Paper for a print version depending on
> what paper you are
> printing
> > to. This will provide a better mapping from your
> workspace (Lab less
> the a
> > and b) to the narrower print space.  I believe
> there is a workflow
> posted in
> > the files section of this group.
> 
> I tried another ptint this morning after converting
> it to the QTR Grey
> Matte profile. It came out better but still lacks
> contrast and has
> some kind of banding in the dark areas that is not
> there on the
> Photoshop print. I haven't tried the LAB Grey
> workspace thoughm which
> I will do next. My workspace was Adobe RGB.
> 
> Thanks agin.
> 
> 
> 
> 

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