Digital BW, The Print

> > I did not try that, but I feel the tone is pretty neutral. Really 
what
> > I want to fix is the contrast and general flatness of the shot. 
When I
> > get that right I'll be happy to try the different tones, but 
right now
> > those prints are not good at all (especially if we add the 
banding issue).
> > 
> > David.

I went through the entire thread, and apparently nobody has suggested 
playing with the 'gamma' slider.  When I started using QTR with UT2 
inks, i had very flat muddy shadows with poor separation.  I wasted 
quite a while playing with profile blends and max black settings, 
then out of desperation tried the gamma slider.  Using a setting of -
7 i was able to produce a very close match of printer output with my 
screen images, without changing max black or mixing profiles.

Since your problem seems to be the opposite, ie too little contrast 
in the midtones, perhaps *increasing* gamma toward 'darker' with the 
slider will solve your problem.

ted