Digital BW, The Print

Moreno,

Thanks. I hear you. I'm working on the neutral curve, clipping 
black by 6 points, bumping the 90% point to the right about 10 
points, and pulling the 60% point left by 7 points. It's close, but 
I'm in search of perfection.

Jacques Cornell


> I'm experiencing similar issues. Previously I was using the 
Brandin Curves
> on an 1160. No posterization, but murky, low contrast shadow 
detail. I'm now
> using Paul's curves on a 1280 (PC). There seems to be a lot of 
printer to
> printer or system to system variations, so in some cases, a bit 
of curve
> tweaking might be necessary.
> 
> I've found that (on my system) the shadows print much lighter 
that what I
> see on my (calibrated) monitor. I've done a slight tweak of the 
RGB portion
> of the warm curve, dropping the toe and lower mid tones 
slightly. The
> resulting print matches the screen image, and the blacks are a 
lot stronger;
> quite an improvement, really. This is a crude adjustment, but it 
does show
> the potential of print quality you can get from Paul's curves.