Digital BW, The Print

Ah, yes. I neglected to mention that. I'm printing on Epson Matte 
Heavyweight. I usually use Epson Archival Matte on my 1160, 
and I find the two papers to be nearly identical as far as density 
and tonal distribution go.

> > What paper are you printing on?  I found that Paul's Mac 
curves 
> work almost
> > perfectly for me on EAM. 
> 
> I can second that for the 1270 Mac curves.  I'm new to this, but 
all 
> four curves worked perfectly for me on EAM with no 
adjustments.  
> I did not see any posterization (unless it is was visibly present 
in 
> the original greyscale file) or microbanding.