Digital BW, The Print

and same result with UCK3 as well.
Tyler

 --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "john dean" 
<deanwork2003@...> wrote:
>
> He uses the older Cone Quad inks, plus another portfolio black as an
> underprinted kicker. But this is all through Studio Print.
> 
> I've used a couple of rolls of the Crane Portfolio Rag and personally
> like it. Especially for use with the Cone K7 Sepia inks. That is a
> very nice combination. It is a natural paper with no oba content, so
> it is less white than Photo Rag. This Portfolio Rag is a really nice
> smooth sharp paper though and is wonderful for small warm prints in my
> opinion. My dmax is slightly less than Photorag with K7 Cone neutrals
> and sepia but not really noticeable to me.
> 
> The deal with all the Crane matte rag papers is that they bottom out
> on ink limits very quickly. So, they absolutely need to be carefully
> linearized for the given inkset and printer. With all the Hahnemuhle
> papers and most of the Innova matte papers you can throw a lot of pure
> black at them and not get motteling. Not so with Crane. Too much ink
> and your dmax reverses quickly. If you are making a curve with QTR,
> limit the ink.
> 
> John
> 
> 
> 
> 
> > This may also be an ink/paper combo issue, as I know Tyler uses Cone
> > inks. However, I'm not sure if he used K7 or the older Cone inks when
> > he tried out Portfolio Rag.
> > 
> > Terry.
> > 
> > --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Michael King"
> > <drmrking@> wrote:
> > >
> > > You should be able to get at least as good if not better dmax with
> Crane
> > > than Hahnemule.
> > >
> >
>