Digital BW, The Print

Hello Johnny and Steve

Thanks for the information.  I tried OTR and I like it.  I was just
wondering about using photoshop for the printing part.  I wanted to
utilize Paul's curves eventually.  To clarify Steves question, yes
this is using photoshop to print with the Epson driver adjusted to
"premium glossy photo..." and using Kirkland glossy.  A straight test
print with photoshop and no curve "puddled" a little bit.  Distracting
to look at from  slight angle.  A "neutral" print from QTR looked very
smooth but not exactly what I was looking at on the monitor when I
made the print.   (I apologize for misspelling Paul's last name in my
original post!) 

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Steven
Karafyllakis" <steve@s...> wrote:
> Hello Earl;
> 
> Please clarify one point:
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "esharamaki" 
> <esharamaki@y...> wrote:
>   When printing a
> > step 
> > wedge, my max black happens around 94%.  
> > 
> Is this happening with the Epson driver, before applying the curves? 
> If so, that's very typical of Epson's setup for that series of 
> printers, they do it to increase the 'punch' of the prints. You may 
> have to do very little adjustment, as Paul's curves for the 1280 
> mostly compensate for this.
> 
> > So in order to keep certain dark areas of an image from blocking 
> up,
> > I 
> > can use either the levels dialogue or the curves dialogue and 
> adjust
> > my 
> > output down appropriately.  Should this be done before or after 
> > applying the curves or do these curves correct this?  If using the 
> > curves dialogue would I apply it to the RGB curve - as I 
> understand 
> > this may mess everything up.
> 
> If you do still need some adjustment, make a separate adjustment 
> layer, and keep it and all other layers UNDER the RGB curve layer. 
> Don't mess with they RGB curves, there be monsters in that forest!
> (g)  
>   
> 
> Steve Karafyllakis