Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "pr_roark"
<pr_roark@...> wrote:
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> 
> I also do use the glop to suppress the reflective artifacts.
> 
> You might want to make a curve for QTR that has the C and M channels 
> going from 0 to 100 and print a 21-step test strip to find the dmax.  
> See if it is higher with both channels firing.
> 
> Hope this helps.
> 
> Paul


Paul,
    A couple more questions:

1. At what levels is the Glop used? Is it constant with black density,
or should it decrease as more ink is applied?

2. Is there a way to see what the actual ink levels are from your ICC
profiles?  If I apply the curve to an image in Photoshop, I can see
what they are, but they are obviously expressed in terms of the
current color model (Grayscale, RGB, CMYK).  If I look at the CMYK
profile for the Kirkland Glossy (neutral), the yellow fixed at zero is
at zero, and the black is linear from 0 to 100%.  But image has to go
through the Epson driver as well, so I assume that the final ink
values are different.  

Thanks,
David