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[Digital BW] Re: MIS UT2 Carbon prints very non-linear

2006-01-16 by chwhitaker

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Roark"
<paul.roark@v...> wrote:
>
> I'm not sure a too-dark LC would cause the problem you're having,
but it's
> possible.  Try printing an RGB 21-step test strip with only the red
curve at
> its default position, and the green and blue curves horizontal --
i.e., the
> magenta and yellow inks turned off.  On the monitor the RGB image
will be
> cyan.  With No Color Adjustment selected in the driver, the ramp
will show
> if the LC is way to dark -- the ramp will be awful.  (If you don't
know how
> to make this curve, let me know and I'll send one off list.)
> 
> Paul
> www.PaulRoark.com 

Finally got the curves you described. The results are at
http://www.charles.whitaker.name/NoGreenNoBlue.jpg. Do these results
support a very dark light cyan? Thanks.

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