Digital BW, The Print

I have made some new curves for the 1160 to control the MIS Ultra Tone B&W
inkset.  They are at my "version 1" (good enough for me and for now) point.

The new curves are the "UT11-N1" (neutral, similar to a "selenium" tone),
"UT11-WN" (0.03 units warm, similar to PiezoTone WN & FS), and UT11-W1 (0.10
units warm, about twice as warm as the old vm inkset or the original MIS
quads).  Perhaps this forum and MIS will post them.  Or, you can contact me.

The curves are much smoother than the old vm curves.  I have been told some
don't even see the dots even with a loupe.  (I reserve judgment until I can
get my flatbed scanner working again to made accurate measurements of the
smoothness.)

These curves might work with the old MIS VM inkset also.  I have not tried
it.  (Why not upgrade?)

The UT11 curves are cross-platform, running on PC and Mac.

They were designed on Epson Enhanced Matte (EEM, aka EAM), but look good on
PhotoRag and probably others.

(Note that I use EEM routinely for drafts, sample prints, display prints
that are not going to be sold as archival, and many other purposes.  I think
it is an excellent value and paper for up to 30 year life-expectancy work.
I use cotton-based paper for limited-edition, numbered, signed prints or
wherever print life of more than 30 years is wanted.  I think the cotton
paper with carbon pigments (no dyes) is archival; I do not consider EEM
(EAM) to be archival.)

I have not tested any RC papers with these curves, but with the correct
black, I'd guess the output on many will be fine.

For the UT curves, I use "No Color Adjustment" (in the driver color
management box) and Adobe RGB (1998) (Edit, Color Settings).

I hope these prove useful.

Paul
http://www.PaulRoark.com