Digital BW, The Print

Tyler,

I had the same findings as Walt concerning VFA vs HPR dmax with the  
2400 and k3 MK ink.  HPR about 1.64 and VFA 1.78, both using the VFA  
media setting.  I tried the other media choices but couldn't get any  
higher with the HPR.  This is using the Epson driver and ABW mode.   
Probably need to do some fiddling with the driver controls or better  
yet just use QTR for the Hahnemuhle papers.  I haven't made any 2400  
QTR profiles yet for matte papers, so I don't know if a higher dmax  
is possible.

Carl

On Oct 22, 2005, at 2:46 PM, Tyler Boley wrote:

> Velvet Fine Art is simply rebranded Somerset. Though it is nice paper
> the Hahnemühle papers have always been able to get a higher dmax and
> ink load. In comparing Innova to Hahnemühle I would expect it to
> outperform Somerset as well.
> I'm not knocking Somerset, I've seen many nice prints on it, but
> something unusual must be going on with your tests. Perhaps there are
> other settings that would take better advantage of the other papers'
> capabilities.
> Somerset still has one of the nicest surfaces ever produced for our  
> use.
> Tyler
>
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "wwodets"
> <odets@c...> wrote:
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>>
>> A friend has just sent me an unmanaged 51-step gray file printed from
>> his 2400 and I compared it with the same target printed with my 2400.
>> Both targets were printed on Velvet Fine Art, ABW Neutral (Darker).
>> For the 90, 92, 94, 96, 98 and 100 steps the measured values are  
>> shown
>> first for his printer and then in parentheses for my printer:
>>
>> 19.46 (19.38); 17.67 (17.60); 16.63 (16.41); 15.53 (15.48; 14.36
>> (14.47); 13.84 (13.83).
>>
>> So, it seems to me that the consistency between these two  
>> inexpensive,
>> uncalibrated printers is remarkable; and I would point out again that
>> the shadow separation, linearity and D-max of this paper seems much
>> better than anything else I have measured or than has been  
>> discussed on
>> the forum over the past few days.  My corresponding figures for  
>> the HPR
>> (VFA paper setting) are:
>>
>> 18.39, 17.63, 17.14, 16.94, 16.69, 16.80.
>>
>> Walt
>>
>>
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