Digital BW, The Print

Paul Roark, et al:

Paul, 1st let me add my thanks and respect for all
thank you so kindly pioneer for the rest of us!

My question concerns the tone with your C86 EZW and
R220 UT-R2W ink-sets: I have printed one of my old
favorite negatives (35mm Panatomic scanned with a
Nikon 9000ED)taken in a mostly dark hallway with light
coming through a small star shaped window at the end -
you probably get the "picture" - there is a lot of
dark gray, some pure black, a bit of middle gray, and
some pure white. I have been pleased with both of the
approaches using HPR, your insets, your recommended
settings, and for the  R220, your ICC profile for the
HPR at gamma 2.2.  But, there is a pronounced easily
perceptible difference in tone - the C86 EZW being
very much warmer than the R220 UT-R2W both onto HPR
with very similar overall density.  I even double
checked to be sure I had the Warm UT-R2 set in and
assuming they came correctly filled and labeled from
MIS - I do.

Is this just the "nature of the beasts" or is
something wrong? Again, I like them both, although I
give a slight nod to the less-warm R220 UT-R2W.

Any thoughts would be appreciated.

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL...

Michael Vendrell 


	
		
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