Digital BW, The Print

Steve,

I find Velvet Fine Art one of the best matte papers I have profiled 
for Dmax, whether for color or B&W.  I can typically hit a Dmax of 
1.72 (L* of about 15), which is great for a matte paper.  Compared to 
good glossy or luster media, it comes up weak, of course.  

Lou

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Steve Kale 
<stevekale@b...> wrote:
> Only the output/printer profile is important.  The issue with VFA 
is a lack
> of dMax which eventually  people see as a lack of "contrast".
> 
> 
> > From: krn_ptr <krn_ptr@y...>
> > Reply-To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> > Date: Mon, 02 May 2005 18:33:36 -0000
> > To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> > Subject: Re: [Digital BW] QTR tonal range
> > 
> > Hi Steve,
> > 
> > Yes I am using the QTR-Gray Matte Paper ICC profile, but I'm not 
using Lab
> > Gray as my gray space.  I found it didn't make any difference and 
it darkened
> > the screen image.
> > 
> > peter