Digital BW, The Print

Chris,

While the deep blacks may not be there with that paper/ink 
combination, the posterization problems are probably due to a lack of 
a specific set of VM separation curves for that combination. The 
curve part could be fixed if you wanted to use the paper.

Martin Wesley

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "tzinzunzan2000" 
<ldmr@c...> wrote:
> More extensive research through the archive makes it clear to me 
that 
> uncoated papers, including Somerset Velvet, are not the papers to 
use 
> with the VM inkset if you want deep blacks and also want to avoid 
> posterization problems. Out of ignorance I had bought a package of 
> Somerset Velvet because this paper was suggested on the MIS Web 
site 
> as being the "very best for making fine art Quadtone prints on a 4 
> color printer." I'll probably experiment with the paper -- since I 
> can't return it -- to see what how it works with high-key images. 
> 
> Chris Hargens
> 
(snip)