Digital BW, The Print

Paul,

Well, I'll pipe up and say this sounds REALLY COOL!  You indicated that you have this 
running in an R220 as more or less a testbed and mentioned the ability to have matte and 
photo black capabilities.  Does this apply to the R220 (or just to large format priinters as 
you originally mentioned)?  I run an R220 and would, of course, be very interested in a 
dual K solution for it (or really any affordable printer :).

Will this inkset become an obtainable product at some point?  I'd love to give it a try...  I'm 
having trouble committing to a certain level of warmth for, say, the life of an entire yellow 
cartridge since I'm still experimenting with different papers at this point.  Sounds like this 
would allow more fine-tuning for particular papers.

Anyway, sounds tres cool, thanks for all of your contributions.


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Roark" <paul.roark@...> 
wrote:
>
> This is a neutral curve I've made for Photo Rag:
> 
> http://home1.gte.net/res09aij/Curves_220_HPR_N_MHW_CC.jpg
> 
> I centered the 50% point, but it warmed up a bit.  I rolled the highlights
> and shadows off to the paper white and dark shadow, respectively.  (How much
> one would want to adjust these points is a bit subjective, but it's
> adjustable.)
> 
> The Lab values (L, a, b) of the print, after a few hours of drying, from
> paper white to dmax, are as follows:
> 
> 97, 1.1, .18;
> 
> 75, .24, .13;
> 
> 50, .02, .08;
> 
> 75, .69, 1.4;
> 
> 16, .25, .89.
> 
> The curve by itself prints with the driver set to Color Controls.  As such,
> some fine tuning with those controls is also possible.
> 
> The curve has been embedded into an ICC with Roy's Create ICC program.
> 
> As the system develops, I'll post both the ICCs and the curves so that
> others can modify or re-use the curves and linearize their own systems
> without the need to make a new curve.
> 
> Paul
> www.PaulRoark.com 
> 
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > ..On Behalf Of Paul Roark
> > Sent: Monday, February 06, 2006 8:47 PM
> > 
> > 
> > This is a preview of my latest effort at an inkset for B&W printing.  
> > It is an evolution of the UT7 inkset, with a new cool toner and 
> > the sepia replaced by a toner that lies on the Lab a* axis 
> > (with Photo Rag and Ultra Smooth at L 50).  So, we have a true,
> > if minimalist, "color" space - ...
> > I've posted "picture" of the space at L 50
> > on Photo Rag at http://home1.gte.net/res09aij/UT6_Space_PR.jpg
> >...
>