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Re: [Digital BW] Dmax of K3 that low?

2006-12-04 by Igor Wesdorp

Ha Ernst,

> Which company in the Netherlands could you persuade to change black
inks for one print ?

Well, he wasn't too eager. I had to wait a week untill he was ready
with his Photo black-jobs.

I don't know the details of his printing workflow, alas. But thanks
for the tips: I'll keep them in case I'll use K3 in the future.

I g o r 


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Ernst Dinkla
<E.Dinkla@...> wrote:
>
> 
> Igor,
> 
> Which company in the Netherlands could you persuade to change
> black inks for one print ?
> 
> Did they use 1440 unidirectional. Use QTR to get the highest
> inklimit + a linearisation. Or at least the best paper setting
> with ABW to get it right. Use a RIP that does B&W nicely. A
> profile to get tone range perceptually right ?
> 
> If they did that you could expect something that comes close
> in Dmax and kept the tonal range correct. Very few will do
> that here.
> 
> 
> Met vriendelijke groeten, Ernst
> 
> 
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