Digital BW, The Print

The ink load will be fixed/determined by your curve creation - note it is
dpi setting dependent.  The ICC profiles are a better (more sophisticated)
way of dealing with tonal compression.


> From: Johnny Eades <jeades1@...>
> Reply-To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Sun, 01 May 2005 17:04:08 -0000
> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: [Digital BW] Re: QTR question
> 
> Steve,
> 
> Thanks for your information about using any inkset.I'll install them
> and run the ink separation/curve creator procedure. When using one of
> the already created curves (EEM) as the basis for my first curve on
> H'muhle Photo Matte 170gsm paper, I found too much ink was laid down
> and caused buckling of the paper, even after linearizing the inks.
> Then I used Tom Zuber Black Point procedure to determine the least
> amount of ink that would produce maximum black without loosing DMax.
> Now my shadows have a longer ---  tonal range and details that were
> not visible before changing the BP are visible now. And it saves me
> from wasting a lot of ink unneccessarily.
> 
> Your friend in Photography,
> 
> Johnny 
>