Digital BW, The Print

on 9/3/03 3:31 PM, cengell at cengell@... wrote:

> I was thinking of using my Epson 1200 and getting the MIS VM Quadtone
> inks, and using Paul Roark's curves..
> 
> Ant ideas or help, I don't want the Sepia tone just the regular VM
> Quadtone..
> 
> Thanks for you ideas and help..

I'm doing exactly that right now. I put my first set of inks in on Saturday
and have been printing happily with no problems and beautiful prints since
then. I've tried a variety of papers and they all look great with Roarks
curves. I'm using EEM as sort of a proofing paper until I get the print I
want then using archival, heavier (more expensive!) papers for final prints
and they're spot on. My monitor and workflow are calibrated and I'm finding
that I need to keep the very low black tones 98-100% and make the print
contrastier on my screen than I would normally choose to insure nice rich
prints with deep blacks. I prefer the medium warm curve. with +10 on the
Magenta slider in the printer dialog box. Read all workflow directions
carefully and your results should be beautiful.
I've had to clean the nozzles a couple of times but I understand that's sort
of the way it is. 
I'm looking into the refill kits now for future ink purchasing.
Good luck.

Sue

Sue Tallon Photography
www.tallonphoto.com