Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Tyler Boley" <tyler@...> wrote:
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> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "mxgo95747"
> <mxgo95747@> wrote:
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> > http://www.luminous-landscape.com/new/index.shtml
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> > The Luminous-Landscape comparison of the three papers.  Any comments
> as to Dmax and 
> 
> His dmax results are lower than my measurements, but this depends so
> much on what driver or RIP was used and what associated settings may
> have been used. In fact, a review which fails to mention any of that
> is hard to take seriously IMHO.

Maybe Michael Reichmann read your post:

"To that end I made prints on an Epson 4800 using the Imageprint RIP and Phatte Black ink 
system, and also the brand new Canon iPF 5000 printer. Prints were evaluated under a 
Graphiclite PDV-3D D50 viewing station. A Gretag Macbeth iOne spectrophotometer along 
with Babelcolor software was used for technical measurements. Other photographers were 
called in (and dropped in), and their opinions were figured into the mix."

Low dmax...could be that crappy "RIP" he's using! ;-}

I just read a ramp made with InkJetControl using the Light Black on my Epson 4800. Dmax 
is 2.10. (With Matte Black installed IJC will print B+W on glossy paper using Light Black, 
Light Light Black and any of the color inks if needed for toning.)

I used PrintFIX Pro to read dmax.