Digital BW, The Print

I am not sure that we have really figured REALLY out what Colorbase does.
Epson says it is NOT a linearization of the printer...


> From: Greg <dfaprinting@...>
> Reply-To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2005 21:18:35 -0000
> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: [Digital BW] Re: 2400 Shadow separation and linearity . . .
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "wwodets"
> <odets@c...> wrote:
>> 
>> Greg-  Yes, that "small problem" (reversals in the deep shadows) is
>> something I see a lot of with non-Epson papers.  I think that a
> slight 
>> reduction in ink limits (in the ABW, which Clayton has already
>> suggested) seems to solve the problems.  I will reprofile the HPR
>> (which I am using in addition to the VFA) with a 5% ink reduction.
>> 
> 
> Has anyone verified that the Epson Colorbase corrections do not get
> used in the ABW mode? This would make a very good test.
>