Digital BW, The Print

At 12:08 AM +0000 4/16/04, edrudolpho wrote:
>I tried again using PG
>and its profile and found that the grays would transition from 
>yellow in the higher
>end gray to violet-toned deeper grays.

At 3:08 AM +0000 4/16/04, sanfo2003 wrote:
>using the "SPR800EnhMatteBstPhoto.icc" profile and using
>the "Best Photo" resolution


Hi Ed, I got exactly the results you describe until noticing the 
"Bstphoto" in the profile name. Naturally wanting to try the new 
highest resolution I had been using Photo RPM.

My results match Sandy's with Enhanced matte. So far, Premium Glossy, 
Semi-gloss, and Luster are also spot-on neutral, and the gloss 
optimizer has been very effective although you can see something 
metamerism-like, a very slight color brozing, by looking closely at a 
wide angle under strong light. Gotta look for it. I suspect there may 
be less printer to printer variation than we've come to expect.

Only yesterday did I notice bronzing (but without a changed color 
cast) in a color print and that was in the shadows of a deep blue 
dusk winter moonrise. This printer has handled extreme gamut 
saturations remarkably well for my experience with inkjets. (I've 
mainly used an old Stylus Photo but then LightJet for finished color 
prints.)

Aren't the R800 profiles Bill Atkinson's? As I recollect that helped 
sell me on the printer.

And, if anyone knows, what the bleep is a "Photo RPM"?


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Paul


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