Digital BW, The Print

On Tue, Sep 06, 2005 at 07:40:27AM -0700, Paul Roark wrote:
> Note that I also have curves for a number of glossy papers when Photo Black
> is loaded.  See the bottom section of
> http://home1.gte.net/res09aij/UT2-curves.html .  The neutral one does not
> take advantage of the second LM in the Y position.

Naturally.  And these curves work equally well for PKN as for PK?

> Where you have a second LM in the Y spot, you might also consider getting
> the ramp reasonably close with sliders (driver set to Color Controls) and
> then using a monotone curve for the final linearization.  This is the
> approach I've started to use for the C86 when I'm using it to work up images
> for the larger printers.  If you can get the tone you like with the sliders
> and the contrast reasonably close, the use of a monotone curve is something
> many find well within what they can do. 

This sounds like the sort of finicky business that I prefer to leave
to others wherever possible.  I don't have a densitometer, so I
could never be sure whether I had it right or not.

-- 
 Ben Rosengart                                          ben@...
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