Digital BW, The Print

i tend to look at this issue the same way.
see my post/question on this.

http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint/message/
90214

i do try to keep the midtones, as well as the lighter tones constant on 
any paper i use (though they are very few)

evan


> For some time now I've been using QTR for my black an white prints. 
> I've been reading Tom Moores excellent User Guide with great interest.
> One thing puzzles me though. In figure 11 – Table of Ideal Desities, 
> Tom suggest, that with increasing dMax the print as a hole shall 
print 
> darker and darker, So a 50% grey will have a density of 0.568 with a 
> dMax 1.60 paper, and much darker, 0.711 with a dMax 2.4 paper. 
Wouldn't 
> it be more logic to balance the curve with a constant midtonevalue?? 
> And what should that value be?
>