Digital BW, The Print

Hi Paul,

Thanks for the tip on sepia mixing. Having used both
your curves and QTR toning profile it appears your
curves gives more intense sepia than using it as a
toner in QTR. To boost the toner ink limit any higher
you end up with overloading of sepia ink on the dark
end no matter how much you tweak the toner curve
shadow setting.

It appears I get the best QTR sepia profile to my
taste by using it as a gray ink, not as a toner. I got
the exact sepia I want without the ability to set
the toner level except perhaps by reducing ink limit.
But somehow this is how I like it.

I will definitely use your suggestion in my next
experiment. Thanks again Paul for your research in
this area. I study a lot from your inksets and try to
adapt them to my 1160.

--nick

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Roark"
<paul.roark@v...> wrote:
> As to your adding cyan to your sepia mix to make it
> less red, try some yellow instead.  The old sepia
> toner mix I used was 84% light carbon gray (e.g.,
> UT2 LM or UT7 LC) 8% Y and 8% M.  To get different
> shades of sepia, the Y to M ratio is what made the
> most difference.  If the sepia was the right hue,
> but the gamut was too low, then I'd change the ratio
> of the color pigs to the light carbon.
> 
> I now use R800 clone red instead of magenta, but it
> still takes yellow to get the hue to where I want
> it.
> 
> Paul www.PaulRoark.com