On Apr 24, 2012, at 1:04 PM, mis_inksupply wrote:
> If you would like to send us a sample image to print I can have it printed next week when I can get some free time with the printer. I will put the image along with a 21 step wedge on the test prints.
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> Please send the request to support@... and include your shipping details. If you put my name in the subject line along with the request for EB6 it will get forwarded to me.
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> I will send free test prints for anyone in the USA that would like one, but the EB6 will only be in the printer for a day or two before we will have to pull it for other test products, and I will not be able to guarentee prints once we pull it.
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> I have a surplus of our 180 GSM Premier Art matte paper that I can use to run the prints, other papers would be subject to paper sample prices.
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> -Justin
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> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "mccarvill" <mccarvill@...> wrote:
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>> Maybe ask MIS if they would send you a sample. Their competitor, Jon Cone, sells Piezography samples, so MIS should do this as well.
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>> Mark
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>> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Dave <cowcreekroad@> wrote:
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>>> Thank you, Paul.
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>>> Unfortunately, my very limited experience with the L*A*B process keeps me from understanding these values in anything but a very approximate and relative sense. I know that if I saw samples, I'd be able to evaluate coloration without a problem, but viewing an array of values is just too disconnected from my visual experience.
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>>> RGB values of gray patches would be more helpful, in that I'm very familiar with the process, and I could easily reproduce the colors on my monitor or in print.
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>>> Ideally, I'd like to see samples of E-6 on paper, in the flesh.
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>>> On Apr 19, 2012, at 8:40 AM, Paul wrote:
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>>>> Dave <cowcreekroad@> wrote:
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>>>>> ... about the 1400/Eboni 6, ...
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>>>>> would any of you be willing and able to send me a list of the RGB values you're reading (with a spectrocolorimeter) from a typical Eboni-6/1400 print of a grayscale step wedge? My preferred paper at this point is Entrada Bright, but readings from any paper would be welcome. I'm interested in a color range that's just on the warm side of neutral.
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>>>> My PDF on Eboni-6 has several graphs of the Lab A and B values for various papers.
>>>> See http://www.paulroark.com/BW-Info/Eboni-6.pdf
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>>>> The Lab B measures the yellow (positive) - blue (negative Lab B) of the image. It is the single best measure of warmth. Both the absolute values and the change from the paper white affect the impression of warmth. I think you'll find the papers with the low Lab B rise probably meet your criteria of "just on the warm side of neutral."
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>>>> Additionally, while I do not have values for the Entrada bright, I do for the natural. A screen grab of values for it and some others has been uploaded to http://www.paulroark.com/BW-Info/Eb-MoabEntN-others.JPG
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>>>> Hope this helps.
>>>>
>>>> Paul
>>>> www.PaulRoark.com
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