Digital BW, The Print

Paul,

My friend Jeff and I have compared Image Setter Negs to Negs 
made on the 1280. The Image Setters were a tad sharper but 
once printed in platinum the additional sharpness made no 
difference in the print due top the nature of the processs.

Know what you mean about the service bureaus.

Mike


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Paul Roark" <
paul.roark@v...> wrote:
> Hi Mike,
> 
> You wrote:
> 
> >I have been getting very nice results utilizing Burkholders 
Curve
> >for the 1280 and tweaking it a bit.  ...
> 
> My goal, however, was to press the 3000 into service.  For that 
old
> workhorse, I think the Cone driver might be the only way to get 
adequate
> smoothness.  On the other hand, I may end up trying the 
Epson driver and
> curves, just to see what happens.
> 
> >I am now working on silver and platinum curves for my  
Epson
> >10000.
> 
> That would be the expensive solution to my problem.
> 
> >... Pictorico has just released a the film in a 24" roll size.
> 
> Exactly -- that is why I'm suddenly re-interested in digital 
internegatives.
> (I went the imagesetter route, among others, and decided I 
never want to
> work with another service bureau, especially now that I'm in the 
relative
> sticks of Solvang.)
> 
> Paul
> http://www.PaulRoark.com
> 
> ____________________
> 
> --- 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.)
> >