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Re: gray prints

2008-06-08 by arnnad

--- In QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com, Bernard Wolf <brooksveriwide@...> 
wrote:
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> Hi Arnnad....   I would suggest you spend a bit of time at Clayton 
Jones's site..   particularly the section on papers and work 
flow .... think this a wee bit more complex that might be imagined on 
first glance... (~;
> 
> Bernard
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> http://www.cjcom.net/digiprnarts.htm
>Thanks Bernard. I was hoping for a simple answer to my simple 
question. Once again, the devil is in the details. Thanks for 
steering me in the right direction. 
> 
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> arnnad <arnnad@...> wrote: I'm inexperienced using this program and 
am puzzled why prints look 
> flat and "blacks" are typically gray with less contrast than I'd 
expect.
> 
> I usually punch up saturation and/or contrast in the RGB original 
and 
> the black/white conversion looks fine on my CRT monitor. Color 
prints 
> closely match the monitor but not so with black/white. I know I 
could 
> further darken the image in PSCS3 but it would be strictly a guess 
as 
> to the printed result. The monitor is calibrated and I have no 
trouble 
> with color printing.
> 
> I use an Epson 2200 and matte paper.
> 
> Thanks for your help
> 
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