Digital BW, The Print

I think you are right on target there John.This is a paper that needs
a perfect profile. I did get some very nice prints with it last night
in a QTR demo for my class. It is a nice texture with good tonal
seperation, but I've also found that it doesn't take deep blacks as
easily as the Innova or Hahnemuhle papers, and the dmax is no
different really and it isn't cheap. There was a similar situation
with the original Crane Museo which was very limited in the amount of
ink you could throw at it. Let us hope the as yet unreleased Silver
Rag is the one product that will put Crane on the map for innovative
inkjet media. Museo Max is just a little above average in my opinion
and Tyler's tests show that. The one thing I don't know yet is how
tough the surface is. If its surface is really tougher than the others
it could be a good candidate for book projects. I don't know yet. 

John



--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, John Moody
<moodymz3@y...> wrote:
>
> Lou,
> On the 2200 with UC color, I found Dmax peak (~1.65)
> at untagged rgb 30,30,30 using VFA setting.  Below
> that it goes back up.  Reducing the ink in the driver
> kills the color saturation.  I believe it is due to
> the MK reaching Dmax with a lower ink load than
> typical, and having a much higher density vs ink
> slope.  IMO, this paper requires a RIP to show its
> full potential.  Too bad for Crane...
> 
> Best regards,
> John Moody
> 
> --- Louis Dina <lbdina@c...> wrote:
> 
> > Thanks for your comments.  I didn't post my initial
> > findings with my 
> > original query since I didn't want to skew any
> > responses.
> > 
> > I bought a box of this paper and ran a few tests
> > using a 4000 and UC 
> > inks, using an RGB generated grayscale and some
> > color patches.  I was 
> > going to profile it for color work, then if I liked
> > it, for B&W.  The 
> > best Dmax I got from this paper, using the Epson
> > driver, was 1.55, 
> > which I considered pretty anemic, especially for the
> > price.  I tried a 
> > few different paper settings in the driver.  Crane
> > suggested the EEM 
> > setting, which I tried, but I also tried the VFA
> > setting, both at 1440 
> > dpi, SuperX microweave, No Color Adjustment, and all
> > the high speed and 
> > edge smoothing features turned off.  I also
> > downloaded their custom 
> > profile for the 4000.  It was weaker yet.
> > 
> > Maybe there is a better paper setting in the driver
> > that will lay down 
> > a more optimum amount of ink??  
> > 
> > Any other thoughts would be appreciated.  I suspect
> > it is the nature of 
> > the paper, but there may be some settings I can
> > tweak.
> > 
> > Lou Dina
> >
>