Digital BW, The Print

Inkjetgoodies has files to update your Piezo (R9) profiles to include
Eclipse Satine. When I try it I get severe posterization. :-(

I am using the exact same setup - FS-N through an 1160.
-BK

----- Original Message -----
From: "Marco Fogarolo" <fogmarco@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2003 9:35 AM
Subject: [Digital BW] eclipse satine


> I readed so many time in this group about this paper but I have never try
it.
>
> I'm using Piezography plug in with MIS FS-N ink on a 1160.
> In the Piezography plug in I can't find the profile for this paper.
> Is possible use this paper with piezography plug in? I need a right
profile or can do without?

>
> Thank for your help
>
> Marco

Tuesday, March 11, 2003, 7:20:47 PM, Barry Kelsall wrote:

BK> Inkjetgoodies has files to update your Piezo (R9) profiles to include
BK> Eclipse Satine. When I try it I get severe posterization. :-(

BK> I am using the exact same setup - FS-N through an 1160.
BK> -BK

BK> ----- Original Message -----
BK> From: "Marco Fogarolo" <fogmarco@...>
BK> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
BK> Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2003 9:35 AM
BK> Subject: [Digital BW] eclipse satine


>> I readed so many time in this group about this paper but I have never try
BK> it.
>>
>> I'm using Piezography plug in with MIS FS-N ink on a 1160.
>> In the Piezography plug in I can't find the profile for this paper.
>> Is possible use this paper with piezography plug in? I need a right
BK> profile or can do without?
>>
>> Thank for your help
>>
>> Marco

I use Eclipse Satine 190 with my 1160 and MIS FS-N inks but with the
Randall Curves. I get fantastic results that even rival IMO Photo Rag,
but at a fraction of the cost. Gorgeous, rich blacks and excellent
sharpness. And what I like is that it does not print as warm as EAM. I
have the piezography plug-in but get banding in the mid-tones too
often on almost any paper I use and have now switched almost
exclusively to using the Randall Curves instead. The Eclipse Satine
prints great using EAM setting in the Epson driver for me.

Best regards,
 Richard  

mailto:richard@...

L i n k s  t o  m y  g a l l e r i e s:
http://fujirangefinder.com/document.php?id=246

> I use Eclipse Satine 190 with my 1160 and MIS FS-N inks but with the
> Randall Curves. I get fantastic results that even rival IMO Photo Rag,
> but at a fraction of the cost. Gorgeous, rich blacks and excellent
> sharpness. And what I like is that it does not print as warm as EAM. I
> have the piezography plug-in but get banding in the mid-tones too
> often on almost any paper I use and have now switched almost
> exclusively to using the Randall Curves instead. The Eclipse Satine
> prints great using EAM setting in the Epson driver for me.
>
> Best regards,
>  Richard

When I use the Randall curves, smooth tonal transitions in the darker
midtones are replaced with harsh-looking "noise". I actually get more
posterization on EAM than with Piezo. I will agree that the blacks are
deeper (this is the achilles heel of the R9 plug-in).

I am not a curve master. But I look at the colorized images in PS after
applying the curve and I am struck - where is the cyan? All I see is a lot
of magenta and yellow. I think the missing cyan is the source of the "noise"
I see with this workflow.
-BK

Marco,

Go to www.inkjetgoodies.com, they have profiles posted on their website for
the R9 Export plug-in and Eclipse papers. Since they wrote the PiezoBW
plug-in, I would think that these profiles would work for you.

Hope this helps.

Alan Huntley

----- Original Message -----
From: "Marco Fogarolo" <fogmarco@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2003 10:35 AM
Subject: [Digital BW] eclipse satine


> I readed so many time in this group about this paper but I have never try
it.
>
> I'm using Piezography plug in with MIS FS-N ink on a 1160.
> In the Piezography plug in I can't find the profile for this paper.
> Is possible use this paper with piezography plug in? I need a right
profile or can do without?

>
> Thank for your help
>
> Marco