Digital BW, The Print

> Steve,
> 
> I am sure Paul Roark will jump in and help you out, but in the 
> meantime did you double check all of your setting in the Epson driver 
> panel. Also, I know this will sound strange and perhaps obvious, but 
> are you printing on the coated side of the paper?  I have been know 
> to print on the wrong side at least once. ;-)
> 
> On my Epson 1280, the VM inks produce lovely smooth prints with deep 
> rich dense shadows that are fully open with detail.
> 
> Mike

>  steven0356  wrote:
>  They seem to 
> > have an unreal blotchy look to them. 
> 
> 
> Steve, 
> 
> I am experiencing exactly the same problem. It happens in the shadow 
> areas (80%-up). It looks almost like a solarizing effect.
> I posted a message about that  a month ago. Since then I didn't find 
> a solution. I checked step by step all my settings according to Pauls 
> workflow, I am using a Nikon 4000 scanner and I don't see those 
> problems on the monitor when I blow up the picture.(so it is rather 
> not a scanning problem). I am absolutely sure that it is something 
> that I am doing wrong here, since so many people a very happy with 
> the set. 
> The problem is I don't know what. I was using the Original MIS set 
> before and apart that it was a bit too warm for me I had never 
> experienced those things then. I really love the Neutral tone of the 
> VM set and I don't want to go back but this shadow problem is making 
> my nights sleepless.
> I remember that a few months ago someone on this list was describing 
> a similar problem but I couldn't find his message on the archives.
> Any help or suggestions from the listmembers are appreciated.
> Steve let me know when You solve the problem,
> 
> Piotr Janowski
> Greeting to everybody from Warsaw, Poland

> Piotr, 
> 
> Solarizing is a good way to describe it. Do you have the same problem
> with your step test with the clumping of the tones in the shadows? That
> must be the problem. If I could  produce a nice even transition from 0%
> to 100% I will bet the shadows will take care of them self's.
> 
> Steve
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "piotrjanowski" <
> piotr.janowski@a...> wrote:
>> steven0356  wrote:
>> They seem to 
>>> have an unreal blotchy look to them.
>> 
>> 
>> Steve, 
>> 
>> I am experiencing exactly the same problem. It happens in the shadow
>> areas (80%-up). It looks almost like a solarizing effect.
>> I posted a message about that  a month ago. Since then I didn't find
>> a solution. I checked step by step all my settings according to Pauls
>> workflow, I am using a Nikon 4000 scanner and I don't see those
>> problems on the monitor when I blow up the picture.(so it is rather
>> not a scanning problem). I am absolutely sure that it is something
>> that I am doing wrong here, since so many people a very happy with
>> the set. 
>> The problem is I don't know what. I was using the Original MIS set
>> before and apart that it was a bit too warm for me I had never
>> experienced those things then. I really love the Neutral tone of the
>> VM set and I don't want to go back but this shadow problem is making
>> my nights sleepless.
>> I remember that a few months ago someone on this list was describing
>> a similar problem but I couldn't find his message on the archives.
>> Any help or suggestions from the listmembers are appreciated.
>> Steve let me know when You solve the problem,
>> 
>> Piotr Janowski
>> Greeting to everybody from Warsaw, Poland

>  steven0356  wrote:
>  They seem to
> > have an unreal blotchy look to them.
>
>
> Steve,
>
> I am experiencing exactly the same problem. It happens in the shadow
> areas (80%-up). It looks almost like a solarizing effect.
> I posted a message about that  a month ago. Since then I didn't find
> a solution. I checked step by step all my settings according to Pauls
> workflow, I am using a Nikon 4000 scanner and I don't see those
> problems on the monitor when I blow up the picture.(so it is rather
> not a scanning problem). I am absolutely sure that it is something
> that I am doing wrong here, since so many people a very happy with
> the set.
> The problem is I don't know what. I was using the Original MIS set
> before and apart that it was a bit too warm for me I had never
> experienced those things then. I really love the Neutral tone of the
> VM set and I don't want to go back but this shadow problem is making
> my nights sleepless.
> I remember that a few months ago someone on this list was describing
> a similar problem but I couldn't find his message on the archives.
> Any help or suggestions from the listmembers are appreciated.
> Steve let me know when You solve the problem,
>
> Piotr Janowski
> Greeting to everybody from Warsaw, Poland