Digital BW, The Print

Experiment with step wedges first.


> From: davidpichevin <davidpichevin@...>
> Reply-To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2005 05:41:15 -0000
> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Quadtone RIP Faded print
> 
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> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "tgos3"
> <egosfield@c...> wrote:
>> 
>>>> 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.
> 
> I thought about the gamma but as my ink is getting lower and lower I
> am getting a bit chicken in terms of fiddling and trying. I'll try that.
> 
> Thanks,
> David.
>