Digital BW, The Print

Hi folks,

I have been experimenting for a while with the Piezo/Gen mix in an 1160 (Paul 
Roark's original extra crispy formula) and this may or not be helpful to 
others.  I'm now getting great images with no postarization or banding on 
Archival matte and Hahn. Photo Rag.

Instead of applying a curve, I have just used the Photo Quality Inkjet Paper 
along with PhotoEnhance4/Vivid and sharpness medium.  This also will require 
a contrast curve emphasizing the 60-80% tones.  

For different tones, I make a hue/saturation adjustment layer and change the 
image by moving hue/sat and checking "colorize" Since the Yellow position 
holds the blueish ink, a blue looking picture will print warm and a warm 
looking picture will print blue.  Watch the level of saturation though as it 
could get too bright.

I'm sure this can easily be applied to the MIS workflow as well.  What is 
your opinion on that Paul?

Sorry if this just confuses people.

-Andy Darlow

PS- To avoid any bluish tint, I just made a CMYK file from the greyscale, 
deleted the yellow channel and adjusted the other curves for a proper color 
balance.