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To Diane Re: gossy or luster prints

2005-04-26 by SteveZ

No Tom, I haven't tried creating custom curves as yet, but it's 
something I'm definately going to try doing in the very near future 
and I'll probably start with EPSG.

--- In QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com, "Tom Moore" <r.t.moore@r...> 
wrote:
> Steve
> 
> Have you tried using the Curve Creator to look at the two curves in
> question? The curve for Premium semigloss has ink limit of 12 and 
13 for LC
> and LM respectively. The corresponding limits for Permajet Oyster 
are 29 and
> 30. The LC/LM are used to cool the warmth of the LK. Perhaps there 
are not
> enough of those inks in the PSG cool curves for your (or others') 
taste. You
> could try modifying the PSG curve to suit your taste. 
> 
> Tom Moore
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com 
[mailto:QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com] On
> > Behalf Of SteveZ
> > Sent: Monday, April 25, 2005 7:47 PM
> > To: QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: [QuadtoneRIP] To Diane Re: gossy or luster prints
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > After reading your reply to Andy's post, I thought I'd try the 
same
> > experiment with my 2200. I printed a b&w image on epson semi-
gloss
> > using the UC-pk Permajet Oyster cool curve and....you're 
right....no
> > hint of brown, a very neutral print indeed. A bit of bronzing but
> > nothing too serious. Which begs the question about the 
QTR....why do
> > my prints turn out brown using the semi-gloss curve but print out
> > quite beautifully in fact with the...what's it called 
again?...the
> > Permajet Oyster curve? I just don't understand this.
> > 
> > 
> > --- In QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com, "Diane Fields" <picnic@c...> 
wrote:
> > > Andy, I can't remember what printer---2200?
> > >
> > > Diane
> > >
> > >   I posted this to the other group, but probably should have 
posted
> > it
> > >   here...I just picked permajet oyster at random and ran a 
print on
> > >   Epson premium glossy, and got a pretty neurtral print.  No 
hint of
> > >   brown, although something seemed just a wee bit odd about 
it, and
> > I
> > >   haven't gone back yet to mess with it (glossy is just 
terrible
> > paper.
> > >   I'll bet the "oddness" wouldn't be there on semi-gloss of 
luster).
> > 
> > 
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