Digital BW, The Print

Greg,

I just ran a few sheets through QTR on the 9600 MK from the same exact
files that I used for Innova S.Cotton and H. Photorag. I don't see any
visual difference in dmax at all. Actually I don't see difference
between the Museo 2 and the M Max either, using the same settings on
the same file, and this seems strange. The last file I did had 1/3 of
the image a pure black, (Photoshop 0) and if anything the Innova
looked blacker, but essentially the same and I like the Innova
textures and whiteness a lot more and it is better priced. Photrag
beat them all. Of course I have not made custom curves for this Crane
media to control the midtone ramp, but in my experience with great
papers you can pretty much tell what they are about the first time
around without going through all that. It is not a significantly
brighter paper either. But its good to see that they are at least back
in the game....somewhere..  

John



--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Greg"
<dfaprinting@y...> wrote:
>
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "jamesdsteele2001" 
> <photographybysteele@p...> wrote:
> >  While the d-max (by eye) looked 
> > similar to other premium papers
> 
> With what little testing I've accomplished so far, looks like dmax is 
> around 1.66 for my inks, but I can't tell you much more than that yet. 
> Benchmark dmax of around 1.73 for many of the Hahnemuhle papers.
>