Digital BW, The Print

Hello Mike,

>However another little talked about point is that with matte paper 
>in particular, pushing for dmax is a multiway trade off. High ink 
>load also inevitably results in large dot gain...So the ink load
>trade off is at least three way, dmax, reversal and dot gain.
>Often I am finding that managing dot gain (selectively reducing max 
>black I am printing in PS) is more impactful to my prints than 
>maximizing dmax.

Excellent point.  When I first got my 2400 the initial blacks looked
overloaded and "bloated"(...can't think of good words to describe it).
 Reducing ink load cured it.  That was my first foray into
experimenting with ink load.  

Various papers definitely have different carrying capacity (and dot
gain characteristics).  You are absolutely right - it's a bit of a
dance to find the sweet spot among all the variables.  


Regards,
Clayton


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