Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Paul Roark" <
paul.roark@v...> wrote:
> Stephen,
> 
> You wrote:
> 
> >Have you tried your MIS dye mix with Pictoro media,
> >especially the transparent media. Some of us are still
> >looking for the holy grail for digital negative making.
> 
> Yes, and the ink densities that work on paper don't work well 
on the film.
> I've increased the midtone ink densities so that the steps in 
the ramp are
> close, but there appears to be non-linear absorption 
compared to the
> pigmented inks.  I'm not sure without a separate profile that I'm 
going to
> be able to tame the combination.  (Since I'm about to take off 
for a week, I
> probably won't have more information for a while.)
> 
> >I suspect the 2880 printers will have a slight advantage if you 

Paul,

I have been getting very nice results utilizing Burkholders Curve 
for the 1280 and tweeking it a bit. On Pictorico film and Epson 
dye, my silver prints are visually indestinguishable from the 
enlarged negative prints. Except of course, all of the 
manipulations are already complete on the digital negative.

I am now working on silver and platinum curves for my  Epson 
10000.  The platinum prints are stunning.  Yesterday I made a 
17"x22" platinum negative on Pictorico film. Pictorico has just 
released a the film in a 24" roll size. 

The 1280 negatives look very close to the 10000. The curves are 
a bit different, but the results are very close.  I am very excited 
about the results I have been getting. No more building enlarged 
negatives to meet the contrast requirements of platinum.

Mike