Digital BW, The Print

Thanks, John!

I spent some time last night and created the first profile. I used 
PKN, UT7-C, UT7-LC, UT7-M, UT7-LM and FSN-Y. Yes, I copied curves 
for M and LM from C and LC. Next step will be eliminating PKN, I see 
it makes the profile worse. In general prints already looks OK and 
very smooth indeed. I am surprised that this little printer that I 
got just for $50 is able to produce same or better quality prints as 
my 2200.

-Sergei

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "John Moody" 
<moodymz3@y...> wrote:
> I'm using FS-Y, not FSN-Y.  It's a little warm, but the cold 
papers knock it
> down some.  I have it in the Y position, but you can put it 
anywhere using
> QTR.
> 
> For non-matte papers, I don't use black at all.  I use UT7-C with 
UT7-M as a
> toner for the dark ink, and UT7-LC with UT7-LM as a toner for the 
light ink,
> and FS-Y for the light-light ink.  That is a total of 5 slots.  I 
leave
> Eboni in the black slot, and use it with all the others for matte 
papers.
> 
> If you are just getting started with QTR, you may be better off 
not trying
> to create toner curves for M and LM; just use copy-curve from C 
and LC.
> 
> Ignoring printer faults, the gray ramp is smooth, with nearly 
dotless
> highlights.  On areas of a 256 patch test strip, under a Solux 
lamp, I can
> "see colors" like Clayton describes.  I don't see them in the 
handful of
> images I have printed when viewed normally, but I can see how 
training to
> look for it might attune one to it.  I look forward to hearing 
from the
> gurus once they get K7 running on the big machines.  My small 
prints don't
> typically have large areas of gentle gradient where it seems to 
matter.
> 
> Best regards,
> John Moody
>