Digital BW, The Print

I had the R800 (same technolgy and ink as the R1800) and yes I agree, 
the 4800 is MUCH better for portraits. The R800 was too contrasty. 

Scott

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Olivier" 
<odesmais@y...> wrote:
>
> I'm sure they are excellent, but in my case I got the 4800 for 
> printing portraits on matte papers. The skin tone needs to be as 
> natural as possible which I can not get on a 1800. In fact I was 
> printing portraits in B/W piezo so I'm away of ugly renderings.
> 
> On USFA the tone is precisely what I was expecting and matches what 
I 
> view on the screen, so Colorbase+custom profiling adds something 
for 
> me. I'd just like to be able to reproduce it on EEM (Archival 
Matte) 
> so I can fully proof the print before using more expensive papers.
> 
> Olivier
> 
> --- In 
> DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "scott_now_coming" 
> <scott_now_coming@y...> wrote:
> >
> > When I print color with my 4800, I just use the Atkinson 
profiles. 
> I 
> > never have messed with colorbase. 
> > 
> > The Atkinson profiles are the best profiles I've used. They are 
> spot 
> > on.
> > 
> > Though I'm not sure if he has matte profiles yet for the 4800.
> > 
> > Scott
> > 
> >
>