Digital BW, The Print

Any print will reflect the light from the conditions that it is in; I have
yet to see an ABW print made on my 4800 that shows metamerism. I'll have to
wait until the end of next week to try that image but here is the problem I
see with that test. If you are trying to print a B&W neutral image and you
are not using a set of Black inks, I doubt that you'd ever get a dead
neutral print without color in it. Seeing a very slight color in a print to
me in one light source, and then a radically different color in another
light, unexpected from the normal shift is bad. How much of what you are
seeing is ink related and how much is the combination of paper and ink? 

 

Michael, Did I see that your tests were done on Epson Premium Lustre?
Perhaps that is the problem and not the ABW mode or K3 inks. How it reflects
light. 

 

John, What do you mean by normal? (Default settings) I did not find a
standard setting very acceptable with ABW. I needed to tweak the ink
settings to produce a smooth transition that I was happy with. This being
done before I purchased the Print Fix Pro. I have only last week started
playing the extended grays, and I would say it has promise. 

 

Paul, you seem concerned about the fading of the small amount of color ink.
Have you seen data that the colors fade unevenly? How fast? 

 

 

 

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From: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Michael
King
Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2007 9:21 PM
To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Comparison of Ultrachrome K3 Advanced B&W and Cone
Neutral K7 I

 

John,

Try a more challanging image. This one is pretty brutal.
Definitely see metamerism with ABW.

http://www.northlig
<http://www.northlight-images.co.uk/article_pages/black_and_white_test.html>
ht-images.co.uk/article_pages/black_and_white_test.html

Mike

On 14/01/07, John Hollenberg <weasel@linkline.
<mailto:weasel%40linkline.com> com> wrote:
>
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhit
<mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint%40yahoogroups.com>
eThePrint@yahoogroups.com<DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint%40yahoogroups.com>,
> "john dean"
> <deanwork2003@...> wrote:
> >
> > There is NO metamerism with NK7 and anyone who says there is is
> > talking from a lack of experience and knowledge.
>
> I think what C.D. Tobie was saying is that he couldn't see any with
> Auto B&W mode on Epson either, not that there was metamerism with NK7.
> That fits with my experience when I checked today under some
> fluorescent lights. Of course, others may have a more discerning eye
> than I :-)
>
> --John
>
> 
>

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