Digital BW, The Print

dfaprinting wrote:

>--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Ernst Dinkla 
><E.Dinkla@c...> wrote:
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>>1440 dpi unidirectional on a 9000 is really slow. All inklimits are 
>>below 50% so there isn't much ink to dry either.
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>>Ernst
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>Saturated is still saturated no matter what the limits are. If you 
>are running it right at the saturation level (just before the point 
>where density levels off or starts to decrease again), you might find 
>some small gains from slowing the machine down. But again, some of 
>that may depend on your inks. 
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The inklimit is set on 43% for the Photo Black. Measured without varnish 
that is in the middle of 4 readings of 1.78 D. With varnish it is at the 
top of 2.17 D the next square measures a lower 2.16 etc. Based on the 
varnish measurement there's nothing to gain above that, not with slower 
printing either as the gloss is there with the varnish. I've used a 50% 
overall ink limit on the second curve evaluation print to get a more 
gradual choice of those numbers. I doubt there's more to get with this 
ink and paper on this printer.

Ernst