Digital BW, The Print

Steadman,

I can attest to the fact that the Roark workflow and curves are a simple matter even for the uninitiated.  Even for  a rather pedestrian Architect like me.

BTW, the EAM curves that Paul ahs developed work very well with all of the Hahnemuhle papers that I tested. I even tweaked a transfer curve in the Epson printer driver to punch up the 80% values a bit with great success.

The biggest difference that I see with the MIS Vari-tone inks is that the curves developed by Paul are very linear. Cones profiles seem to compress the higher densities to make the blacks appear more dense. Images that I print on the same paper with the two inksets look identical, except that the shadow areas of the MIS Vari-tones are more open and hold detail far better. An added bonus I suppose.

Regards,

Michael J. Kravit, AIA
Architect/Photographer
www.kravit.net/photography


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