Digital BW, The Print

The Nanochrome inks seem to have made the biggest difference in dmax on 
Hahnemuhle Photo Rag & I thought Shilesh had included it in his test. 
Are there any results available for Photo Rag?

Thanks
Howard

Greg wrote:
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Carl Schofield 
> <scho@...> wrote:
>>
>> Not immediately obvious what you were doing.  So, these were printed  
>> QTR calibration charts at Limit=100.  The LK data appear to be  
>> missing from the HPRS Nanochrome density data file, based on your  
>> array description.  I didn't look at any of the other files yet.
>> 
> 
> 
> These were the test sheets that Shilesh printed and tested. I was just 
> the measurer. So no lk data for the Nanochromes since the r220 only has 
> the 6 inks. And I'm pretty sure he said he used QTR to print these. If 
> not some kind of RIP was used to drive the individual colors, there is 
> definitely no mix of colors like you get trying to print yellow through 
> the RGB driver.
> 
> It's kind of too bad we don't have a profile target of the control and 
> fade, it would make a comparison graph. But it's unlikely that we'll 
> get a chance to do this after the more basic test that has been 
> performed. It looks like a really nice dye equivalent/replacement ink, 
> that if used on compatible papers might be really nice. For people 
> using gloss and semi gloss papers, these might be a really good 
> solution since you can get that type of swellable paper, or even the 
> Infu6 papers when they come out. But do note that the over inking of at 
> least the black ink, so you might still need a RIP to set limits, etc.
> 
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