Digital BW, The Print

In a message dated 9/30/07 9:59:49 PM, r.smallfield@... writes:


> I was printed on a 2100 (Entrada Bright) ... I've never had a neutral grey 
> turn slightly mauve when printed with QTR under incandescent lighting.
> 
The 2100 mixes all its light grays from Light Cyan, Light Magenta, and 
Yellow, and yes, they can show pink or green edges as you change light sources...
> 
> I'd tried to remove some cyan from the cloud by adding a red curve. Must 
> have overdone it. Instead I should have desaturated it.
> 
But even a dead neutral printed with color inks will change with light 
source. An Epson 2400 would print these same tones with light gray ink as the main 
component, and the the shifts would be eliminated, without "killing" the tones 
of the clouds...

C. David Tobie
Product Technology Manager
ColorVision Business Unit
Datacolor Inc.
CDTobie@...
www.colorvision.com



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