Digital BW, The Print

Beware the wild goose chase.  If I recall correctly, those "ideal" density values were just linear steps of L* converted into density figures.  Linearity in a final printed greyscale ramp is not at all "ideal".  It is ideal for the intermediary step of linearizing a printer before profiling but the end product but, in order to be aethetically pleasing, will need some curvature in the greyscale ramp because of (in particular) the relatively weak blacks we get else suffer a flat look.  If one were to produce a set of ideal density values for a given paper white and ink black it should account for media relativity (adjustment for paper white) and black point compensation.


edrudolpho <erudolph@...> wrote:          There is a file in the QTR download called "Ideal Density." It plots
ideal density against dmax. But the dmax range given is relatively
low, what you'd get from matte papers. Where would one find the ideal
density values for papers with a higher dmax, such as SR and Innova F?

Ed 



         


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