Digital BW, The Print

Paul,

I have now tried a variety of things, and it seems no matter what i do
the flat spot is still there.

I stopped using the icc's, and then in the driver, I reduced the cyan,
and magenta settings to -12, and the flat spot stayed, although a bit
less pronounced.

I then reset the colors back to 0 in the driver and played with a
couple of curves.  Essentially, i lightened the 60%, and darkend the
70% spots (which increases the contrast if i understand curves
correctly).  And, the flat spot is still there.

Should i start shopping for a scanner?

Regards
Cory


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Roark"
<paul.roark@...> wrote:
>
> >... 60% 65% & 70% all appear to print nearly identically.
> 
> >This is with the Paul Roark r220 icc, ...
> 
> And the paper is the one specified, I assume.
> 
> The flat spot is where the cross-over is between the light and dark
inks.
> If the light inks were too dark or dark inks too light this is what
would
> happen.
> 
> Have you tried printing with no ICC?
> 
> > ... "how do i modify the icc profile ...
> 
> 
> This is the file on making an ICC with a flatbed scanner:
> http://home1.gte.net/res09aij/Making_B-W_ICCs.htm  
> 
> If you have a spectro it's easier.
> 
> You can also just make a Photoshop image adjustment curve and use
that with
> no ICC. 
> 
> Paul
> www.PaulRoark.com
>