Digital BW, The Print

Tyler, I did nothing other than open it in IP with MY standard setting,
allowing for the gamma setting of the print, and hit print.  For those of
you that don't use IP for your printing needs, or know nothing to little of
the history of the IP RIP and Cone inks here you go.

 

The RIP that Inkjet mall provided for the Peizo group was the ProB&W 24. It
was sold along with several sets of inks in several tones. That RIP and
those inks were then removed from the Inkjet Mall product line. They were
replaced with new inks and the first choice offered up included IP. That
however did not last long, and it was replaced with Studio Print. I had
already paid for IP through another vendor and was not going to put out
another $1500+ to get Studio Print. There has been no up dating of profiles
and NO SUPPORT from EITHER  Cone or Colorbyte on the newer inks. Colorbyte
couldn't even tell me if they were made with museum black or photo black.
These have two different dmax reading and life in the black lane.  IP does
have tone controls, ink limits, color spaces, etc.  so there is control to a
point, but they HOLD the key to new profiles and I simply have not paid them
for custom profiles.  I make prints with a created custom curve/tone within
IP and ink limits set for different papers. While there are several profiles
for older popular papers, nothing new is there. 

 

I am thrifty when I can be, and use a Kodak dial densitometer in my
darkroom. I have checked it against local lab reading for both reflective
and transmission and while it is still and eye ball measurement, I do OK
with it. I have recently purchased the Print Fix Pro Suite, but that does
not help for the IP side of life. For those that were there, I made several
version Bs; two with my Peizo inks at different sharpnesses, and one with
the 4800 ABW that through several tweaks got as close to the Sepia set of
Cone as I could. 

 

The color space setting, as well as the rendering intent, effect the print
in density. IP also has a slider from 1 to 100 to adjust the dmax. SINCE
there is NO way I am paying these guys $500 for a custom profile, my work
space is based upon a standard setup of positions; otherwise know as "eric's
profile". Eric's profile was used to make version A. 

 

Who else on this list uses IP as their B&W print engine?

 

The file did only go down to 95%, and that is an indication to me that
maxium black IS NOT required, or that is Amadou's standard black point.
Either way it is how the file came, so it was how the file was kept.  

 

Eric 

 

Eric Neilsen Photography

4101 Commerce Street, Suite 9

Dallas, TX 75226

214-827-8301

http://ericneilsenphotography.com

 

Skype : ejprinter


>...Eric's Piezo Sepia prints were nicely 
> optimized... but for a system with a significantly lower d-max and a
heavy color 
> tint, so that put them in a different range. They look great by
themselves, 
> but weak on a wall of prints with deeper blacks.

The Peizo systems do not have a lower dmax than the majority of MK
systems out there. In fact, I can't reach my Piezo dmax with my UCK3
9800 OEM setup. People familiar with these systems on this list over
the years know that.
What Eric may or may not have done to his file is unknown.





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