QTR-Quadtone RIP

I was a beta tester here in the states. I found the paper pretty
amazing. It can take a fairly heavy ink load. I actually found I had
the deepest blacks of any paper with Piezography inks. Unfortunately,
those inks don't work well with semi-gloss papers. Two days later, the
inks still smudged. I was going to reprint a portfolio using the
paper, but, alas, the test roll of 17" wide was defective. It was one
of their "junk" rolls, missing a coating, and wasn't suppose to be
sent out. So, like everyone else, I sit here waiting. . .

Nemo

--- In QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com, "dj_joy_uk" <yahoo@...> wrote:
>
> 
> I know a lot of you are as interested in this new paper as I am, given
> all the hype surrounding it at the moment.
> 
> I went to the UK "Focus On Imaging" show on Sunday ( UK version of PMA
> ) and happened across a UK importer of this new paper. They haven't
> got any yet ( apparently nobody has, it's not shipping quite yet ),
> but the very nice lady on the stand let me have a few trial sheets of
> 8.5"x11" to play with. I've 4 sheets, two of which I will use to make
> a QTR curve of sorts, and the other two to print images on to get a
> feel for the media.
> 
> I'm fortunate enough to own a Gretag Macbeth Eye-One Spectro, so I've
> started making up a curve for this new paper on my Epson 4000, and I
> thought I'd share the spectro measurements. I'm not finished yet! I've
> printed off the first 100% ink limit sheet and measured it, the data
> from which is posted here. These densitometer readings are measured
> relative to the paper white, rather than absolute white, which I'd
> view as the best way to measure these. The measurements were very
> consistent, and repeatable, probably the most reliable media I've yet
> measured. Hopefully some of you will find these useful.
> 
> 0               0.00
> 5               0.31
> 10              0.57
> 15              0.85
> 20              1.10
> 25              1.33
> 30              1.48
> 35              1.67
> 40              1.78
> 45              1.89
> 50              1.96
> 55              2.02
> 60              2.07
> 65              2.07
> 70              2.12
> 75              2.13
> 80              2.18
> 85              2.18
> 90              2.16
> 95              2.03
> 100             1.85
> 
> This suggests to me the ink blocks out at 60% on this media, so I've
> printed the second calibration sheet with the ink limit set to 60%,
> and that is drying as I type, and I'll share the results of that when
> I get home tonight and measure it.
> 
> I'm quite impressed with the gamut of this paper, given it's
> Matte(ish) nature, and I think a good range of B&W tones will be
> available on this media.
> 
> I'm looking forward to printing an image on it.
>