Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Clayton Jones" 
<cj@c...> wrote:
> Today I spoke with someone at Moab.  They said that the Kayenta
> formula has not changed, which means the changes must be due to
> production run batches.  Other paper vendors have told me that this
> can happen because the chemicals they order from their suppliers can
> be different from batch to batch, which makes sense.  I have seen
> variations in density among batches of other papers, and slight
> variations in dmax.  But this is the first time I've seen a 
different
> ink tone.
> 
> Anyway, this poses some questions about Kayenta.  Was my cold tone
> batch the norm or was it an anomaly?  Will "most" Kayenta be cold or
> warm?  IOW, can we count on it being a certain way most of the time
> with the occational variant or will it continually vary from batch 
to
> batch?

Many thanks, Clayton, for the information.

Colin
> 
> The lady at Moab was very nice and she is sending me a replacement 
box
> to try.   They can't do anything about the paper itself, and don't
> know the answers to the above questions.  They were unaware of any
> differences.
> 
> I'll report more when the new paper comes.  
> 
> 
> >I hope you will post your adjustment suggested curve/sliders what-
> >have-you once you achieve good results.
> 
> I just added an adjustment curve layer, grabbed the midpoint, and
> moved it upper-left 2 or 3 RGB units.
> 
> 
> Regards,
> Clayton
> 
> 
> Info on black and white digital printing at    
> http://www.cjcom.net/digiprnarts.htm