Digital BW, The Print

I re-opened it in Photoshop 6.0.1 at 25% (by default I guess), and 
zoomed in up to 100%, but the gradient persisted - the bars did not 
reappear. Of course I'm glad to have the 100% tip anyway.

>Sam
>
>Paul created that step wedge so he'll be the final arbiter, but I'd
>disregard all views of that entire target other than in Photoshop at 100%
>magnification (50% or 25% might also be relatively valid). Anything else
>runs the risk of poor color management, or screen resolution aliasing.
>
>Todd
>
> > I'm trying to get started with the MIS VM Sepia-Neutral (SN) inkset
> > in a CIS I just installed in my 1160. In the first nozzle test, there
> > were a few gaps in the second set of black stairs and several gaps in
> > the third set of black stairs. (And the non-black colors were of
> > course a little weird.) But after only a single cleaning and no
> > waiting, the second and subsequent nozzle tests look good in all
> > steps in each "color". I hope this means that the SN inks are loaded
> > properly and the cartridges are correctly seated. So I'm trying to
> > get ready to use the step test with Paul Roark's curves from the MIS
> > web page (InkSupply.com).
> >
> > If you go to the home page for this list
> >
> > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint
> >
> > and then to the Files page, "Image processing and workflows", the
> > first entry is "21stepNew.jpg, Paul Roark's New & Improved 21-step
> > Wedge, 122 KB".
> >
> > 21stepNew is the most complex of the 21step images I've seen. So I
> > thought I'd try to use it. But I'm concerned to understand first a
> > difference I see in how 21stepNew looks in Internet Explorer 5 (via
> > QuickTime's PictureViewer 5.0.2) on the Yahoo page and in how it
> > looks in after it's downloaded by Explorer 5.
> >
> > In Explorer, to the left of the 21-step wedge, I see a column of
> > thirteen vertical bars of graduated shades of gray. The bars are very
> > distinct; the column looks almost fluted.
> >
> > Having used Explorer to download the image, when I try to open it in
> > Photoshop 6.0.1, I first get the Embedded Profile Mismatch dialog
> > box, which gives me the usual three choices, all of which result in,
> > instead of a fluted column, a perfectly smooth one with no bars, just
> > a smooth gradient. If I close Photoshop and double-click on
> > 21stepNew.jpg, the Mac OS (9.1) uses PictureViewer 5.0.2,  but from
> > Apple's QuickTime instead of from Explorer, to open 21stepNew, but
> > this time with the gradient instead of distinct bars. So the download
> > seems to cause the change.
> >
> > I'm curious to know both why the bars turn into a gradient and, if
> > this reduces 21stepNew's usefulness, whether I should try to
> > compensate for it somehow.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Sam