Digital BW, The Print

Hi Paul,

Please educate me on what I'm looking at or point me to information  
on what your are doing. I'm absolutely stunned by the photo on your  
home page so I suppose I could stand for some educating on what your  
are doing. I don't have a printer yet but my ears and mind are open.

Mark



On Jan 8, 2008, at 5:35 PM, pr_roark wrote:

>
> I thought some might like to see a graph of the Lab A & B values that
> I'm getting from a 21-step test strip printed with an R220 and the
> Eboni-6 inkset on Premier Art Smooth BW paper. I've posted a Jpeg of
> the Lab A & B graph, as well as small samples from 1600 dpi scans to
> compare smoothness.
>
> See http://www.paulroark.com/BW-Info/220-Eb6-PA-BW-Lab.jpg
> <http://www.paulroark.com/BW-Info/220-Eb6-PA-BW-Lab.jpg>
>
> The base for dilution here was 35% glycerin, 55% distilled water  
> and 10%
> Kodak Photo Flo.
>
> Home darkroom work might take an interesting twist here. Just like the
> developer days, different mixes cause different reactions to the  
> tone of
> the print -- with pure carbon and just these safe, readily available
> substances. One tradeoff is also smoothness v. tone. There are
> interesing variables here that allow the tuning of a 100% carbon  
> inkset
> to a particular paper for a particular tone and printer.
>
> Paul
>
> www.PaulRoark.com <http://www.PaulRoark.com>
>
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