Digital BW, The Print

Dave,

No answer for you but a curious question.   Why do you find the need to move the balance from -14 to +45 for the old versus new work?  Although the changes are quite subtle.
Are you trying to imitate the Portriga for the old and just new settings for the new work?    Just curious as it seems if the old scanned work is greyscale then it wouldnt make any difference.

By the way I did enjoy browsing your images.  Love that style.

Regards,
Paul
On Feb 3, 2010, at 11:24 AM, Dave wrote:

> I've been following this thread with great interest, and I've got an  
> inquiry that's very similar to the the original poster's. Eventually,  
> I'd like to move from my current printing method to an all-carbon  
> inkset, but I'm concerned that I won't get the color I'm accustomed to.
> 
> My setup is this – I print with an HP B9180, using a color workflow,  
> on Entrada Bright. My B&W work is split toned in Lightroom using the  
> following settings: Highlights = Hue 42, Saturation 6; Balance = -14;  
> Shadows = Hue 59, Saturation 12. The B&W work on my site uses the  
> split toning settings I've described, but I've varied the balance  
> setting, -14 for the current work, and +45 for the early (scanned  
> film) work.
> 
> My monitor, a 30" Apple Display, is calibrated with a Spyder2 to 5000K  
> with a Gamma of 2.2, and a white point of 120 cdm2.
> 
> With these settings, I'm able to get a very good color match in  
> daylight between my display and my prints. Aside from the different in  
> surface (matte) I'm getting a very close color match to prints that I  
> made 30 years ago on Portriga (air-dried) gloss, developed in Dektol  
> 1:1 with moderate selenium toning.
> 
> My question is this: Will an all-carbon inkset, like the E6 or E3 on  
> an Epson get me the kind of B&W color I'm looking for, or would I be  
> better off sticking with my full color (toned) workflow? Without  
> seeing actual prints, it would be a very expensive crapshoot for me to  
> invest in a dedicated B&W machine and a custom inkset. I just don't  
> have that kind of money, and part of the reason that I'm considering  
> setting up a dedicated B&W machine is to cut my ink costs.
> 
> Thanks in advance - I'll go back to lurking and learning now...
> 
> Dave Reichert
> 
> http://www.davereichertphoto.com/
> 
> 
> 
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