Digital BW, The Print

Tyler Boley has been generous enough to write me curves for my 7000 loaded 
with MIS standard hextones in standard positions. These will not work in 
Variable tone inksets. I consider Tyler to be an expert in Manual separation 
technique, And a Ph.D. in Quadtone printing.  He is very experienced and has 
the cool tools (software and spectrocam) to profile and analyze black and 
white ink patches.
The initial holdups were, He is Mac I'm PC, he is PS6 and I'm PS5. Once we 
got past all that and the Gamma difference in my Piezo work flow vs. his 
gamma CMYK technique it was quick and smooth sailing. We are standard now 
with Colormatch RGB and 1.8 gamma.
The curves we have so far(:))  Sumerset Enhanced and Royal Plus/Jazz! The 
Plush curve works well proofing on EAM.   Epson 7000 only.
Note: The Sumerset Enhanced profile curves were created on the latest version 
of this paper. I do believe it is in fact a different paper surface and 
coating than the enhanced from several months ago. It prints with richer  
blacks and is slightly smoother.
If anyone Has a 7000 with straight MIS hextones loaded and would like to try 
these curves let me know. I would love some feedback from other users.
Most of you probably don't remember The mottle effect MIS dark inks had on 
Sumerset Enhanced when it first came out, well Tyler even doctored the curve 
to fix that! The ink prints as nice as Piezo with equal blacks and no dots in 
the highlights even with an 8x loupe. 
Great Job Tyler, and Thanks! Any time you want a 24x30 or two let me know...
Steve Meyers

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., sdmey4@a... wrote:
> Most of you probably don't remember The mottle effect MIS 
dark inks had on 
> Sumerset Enhanced when it first came out,

I am seeing some of that mottling of the ink on the surface, with 
the Epson Smooth Fine Art, with MIS dyes. I don't really want to 
admit it, because I don't know how to eliminate it. But I am 
seeing it. I have a print test going now to see if 24 hours of 
drydown makes it go away. I'm seeing it mostly in midtones to 
dark tones; makes sense I guess with all that ink buildup. I 
wonder if it's something to do with the fact that Epson SFA is 
designed for pigments, and I'm bastardizing it by using it with 
dyes, because I'm in love with the weight and the surface... -Mark 
Tucker

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Mark Tucker" <mark@m...> wrote:
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., sdmey4@a... wrote:
> > Most of you probably don't remember The mottle effect MIS 
> dark inks had on 
> > Sumerset Enhanced when it first came out,
> 
> I am seeing some of that mottling of the ink on the surface, with 
> the Epson Smooth Fine Art, with MIS dyes. I don't really want to 
> admit it, because I don't know how to eliminate it.

Hi Mark, for color you may have to find a lighter media setting then reprofile for that paper and setting. Usually dyes don't 
have this problem on coated papers through the RGB driver, so I'm suprised to hear it.
Tyler