Digital BW, The Print

Mike,

> Did you check which paper setting is recommended for Photo Rag by
Hahnemühle? I would use the same paper setting for ABW set to normal.

Hahnemühle* recommends "Velvet File Art" as paper setting for all its
fine art
papers. So this is what I used, and wether I print with Tone/Dark,
Normal or Light, the blacks remain crappy, with no or hardly visible
separation between the 2 darkest steps in the wedge.

*
http://www.hahnemuehle.com/media/downloads/62/Print_Instruction_Epson.pdf



> Also for a great result you need to use QTR Create ICC .

Yes, they say it's good. However, I was hoping to get good results
without having to engage in using a RIP and/or making ICC (which I've
never done before and will cost me a lot of time to figure out).  I
also thought that since K3 is a widely used inkset and Photo Rag a
popular paper, the right settings to use this combination had long
been found by others. But maybe I can't be done, making good B&W
prints with the 3800 on Photo Rag without using a RIP.

Igor






--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Michael King"
<drmrking@...> wrote:
>
> Your problem is your paper setting.
> Did you check which paper setting is recommended for Photo Rag by
> Hahnemühle?
> I would use the same paper setting for ABW set to normal.
> 
> Also for a great result you need to use QTR Create ICC - Google it.
> 
> Mike
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 2008/9/5 Igor Wesdorp <iwesdorp@...>
> 
> >   Hello everyone.
> >
> > I just bought me a 3800 and printed some step wedges on Photo Rag with
> > ABW. Then I measured them with a densitometer. But the results were
> > not good. See the graph at http://www.xs4all.nl/~hc6/3800/3800.htm
> >
> > Although the largest part of the curve is smooth, the darkest parts
> > are bad, with no differentation between the 2 darkest steps.
> >
> > My settings were:
> > PS CS:
> > - Print space/Profile/ Printer color management.
> > - Working space: gray Gamma 2.2.
> >
> > Epson:
> > - Media type: Velvet Fine Art Paper
> >
> > Epson ABW:
> > - Tone: Dark.
> > - No further adjustments.
> >
> > I also did a print on Velvet Fine Art Paper, which looked good, but I
> > want to use Photo Rag.
> >
> > Could anyone, please, give me the right settings for printing B&W on
> > Photo Rag with the 3800? (if it is possible to make a good print on
> > this paper with the 3800)
> >
> > Thank you,
> >
> > Igor
> >
> > 
> >
> 
> 
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