Digital BW, The Print

on 2/1/02 11:59 PM, lyonscox wrote:

> I feel that I can get a very lovely light silvery tone.
> I'm looking at a C80 OEM ink print.
> 
> The tonal range is correct but it feels purple to me (I'm not a fan
> of selenium).  That's how I feel/felt about selenium toned silver
> prints which is why I'm always miffed when people on the list say
> that's what they're looking for!
> 
> I've consistently had prints, when not right on, be green with
> certain space settings, purple cast if nearly neutral on bright white
> papers or very warm brown tone on watercolors.
> 
> Not yet to a monochrome set of inks.  Trying hard to not 'giclee' ;-)
> right now, want to see what's on the 6-month horizon printer/ink wise.
> 
> 
> Perhaps not a clear statement nor question.


Cleavis, Cleavis, Cleavis,

Pretty clear statement to me. You're messing around with color inks, trying
all kinds of crazy profiles and driver settings, with inks that are probably
metameric, and wondering why you don't get a predictable color for grayscale
images.

Sounds pretty normal - I'm sure we've all done it...

It gets boring after a while, but you're still in the fun stage of it, so
enjoy. ;-)

Todd