Digital BW, The Print

I am considering using the MIS VM hextone inkset in an Epson 2000 and Epson archival matte paper.

However, my first question relates to any quad or hextone ink set.

1. With a quad or hextone inkset how does one get bright whites in a print, a white brighter than the whiteness of the paper it is printed on?   All the inks are shades of black, so how can one get a white that is brighter than the paper printed on?

2. What is a good archival paper that is whiter than the Epson archival matte paper?

3. Is there any metamerism using MIS quad or hextone inks on Epson archival matter paper?   Note: Using MIS color inks, I don't see metamerism on Epson archival matte paper.  I only see the metamerism if I print on a glossy paper?

Joe,

You cannot get a print any brighter than the paper - period.  The 
brightest paper I have encountered is Eclipse Satine Bright White.  
It is 100% cotton rag (so it has good "archival" properties).  You 
can get the paper at inkjetgoodies.com.  But you may want to hurry, 
because the supplies are limited.  Other bright white papers are Red 
River Premium Matte and Legion Photo Matte.  But both of these papers 
are wood derived (acid free, but not "archival").  All of these 
papers print very well with MIS VM inks; you will have to tweak the 
curves for each paper.

Regards.

Shilesh


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "jbach347 
<joebach@p...>" <joebach@p...> wrote:
> I am considering using the MIS VM hextone inkset in an Epson 2000 
and Epson archival matte paper.
> 
> However, my first question relates to any quad or hextone ink set.
> 
> 1. With a quad or hextone inkset how does one get bright whites in 
a print, a white brighter than the whiteness of the paper it is 
printed on?   All the inks are shades of black, so how can one get a 
white that is brighter than the paper printed on?
> 
> 2. What is a good archival paper that is whiter than the Epson 
archival matte paper?
> 
> 3. Is there any metamerism using MIS quad or hextone inks on Epson 
archival matter paper?   Note: Using MIS color inks, I don't see 
metamerism on Epson archival matte paper.  I only see the metamerism 
if I print on a glossy paper?

Is there anyone on this list who is using ColorByte's ImagePrint RIP 
(Mac OS X version), who has been successful in getting Photoshop to use 
the ImagePrint-supplied printer profiles for soft proofing?

I have been soft proofing against my prior self-created Monaco Proof 
profiles just fine, but Photoshop doesn't even want to list the 
ImagePrint profiles in the Proof Setup Profile selection list (likewise 
w/any other profile selection list; i.e., Assign Profile, Convert to 
Profile, etc.).

Is it even conceivable that such a "professional" RIP would not utilize 
printer profiles that Photoshop can soft proof against?

If anyone is soft proofing with these ImagePrint profiles with success, 
I would very much appreciate your help...

/eddie

Eddie:

> If anyone is soft proofing with these ImagePrint profiles with success,
> I would very much appreciate your help...

OSX has an application called "ColorSync Utility" which is in the 
Utilities folder of the root Application folder. Run the "Profile First 
Aid" of the ColorSync Utility: this will fix the ColorByte profiles so 
that they show up in Photoshop. However, in order for the ColorByte 
profiles to show up in the Profile First Aid list, you may have to make 
as alias of the IP "Color" folder, and place that alias in one of the 
ColorSync profiles folders on your machine.

After the ColorByte profiles show up in Photoshop, I recommend, as 
described in pages 371-378 of Real World Photoshop 7, that you 
"Duplicate" the image in Photoshop and apply the SoftProof to the 
duplcate and the apply adjustment curves to the original image until 
the latter looks as much as possible as the duplicate. Then print from 
the original image with the adjustment layers. Then you want to group 
these adjustment layers into an adjustment set, and save the adjustment 
set. The adjustment set becomes your basic "targeting" adjustments for 
all images printed by this printer. I have found that I can use the 
same adjustment set for most of the prints to be made on my 7600, but 
some images do require further special adjustments.

--Mitch/Bangkok

Eddie:

> If anyone is soft proofing with these ImagePrint profiles with success,
> I would very much appreciate your help...

OSX has an application called "ColorSync Utility" which is in the 
Utilities folder of the root Application folder. Run the "Profile First 
Aid" of the ColorSync Utility: this will fix the ColorByte profiles so 
that they show up in Photoshop. However, in order for the ColorByte 
profiles to show up in the Profile First Aid list, you may have to make 
as alias of the IP "Color" folder, and place that alias in one of the 
ColorSync profiles folders on your machine.

After the ColorByte profiles show up in Photoshop, I recommend, as 
described in pages 371-378 of Real World Photoshop 7, that you 
"Duplicate" the image in Photoshop and apply the SoftProof to the 
duplcate and the apply adjustment curves to the original image until 
the latter looks as much as possible as the duplicate. Then print from 
the original image with the adjustment layers. Then you want to group 
these adjustment layers into an adjustment set, and save the adjustment 
set. The adjustment set becomes your basic "targeting" adjustments for 
all images printed by this printer. I have found that I can use the 
same adjustment set for most of the prints to be made on my 7600, but 
some images do require further special adjustments.

--Mitch/Bangkok