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Re: [Digital BW] Re: QT Rip and large black areas

2005-09-11 by Steve Kale

I think you need to post an image of the issue you are having.  Are the
lines perpendicular to the print head or parallel?


> From: mltphoto <mturlington@...>
> Reply-To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2005 19:43:11 -0000
> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: [Digital BW] Re: QT Rip and large black areas
> 
> -Correction, I just made another print, I lightened my midtones
> because I felt the QT Rip darkened my print a little, and the bar
> lines came back even stronger, even after adding noise - Gaussian.
> The only time I never got the lines is when I boosted the "Ink Limit
> Adjustment" when printing. This made the QT Rip lay down more blank
> ink in the shadows, which worked great in my black sky, but over all
> lower contrast because it added extra black in all shadows. It
> appears the QT Rip will not print black all the way black, sort of
> when you try to lift extra detail in your shadows and you get that
> weird noise, sometimes with lines. So what is next? I am getting
> desperate

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