Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Tyler Boley" 
<tyler@...> wrote:

> How's that for no help at all???!!

Tyler,

Thanks, another step forward. By now this discussion is going 
everywhere, spread over multiple threads and gets harder and harder 
to keep track who posted what and where.. 

In the meanwhile I have been experimenting with split tones (QTR & 
MIS UT-#D) and got some promising results. Certainly a path to follow 
further. In addition I paid some more attention to the internal 
contrast and more precise sharpening. I must say, the three combined 
had an astonishing effect on some of my prints!

Presently I'm considering to extend my MIS UT3D ink set in two very 
different directions: 1) go for an even wider gamut, by replacing the 
fairly useless (at  least if one uses a RIP) neutral LLK by a custom 
greenish toner and 2) go for a split-tone K4 set by adding warm and 
cool LLLK toners at the sacrifice of the same neutral LLK toner and 
the selenium toner. I've no access yet to someone using a K7 set to 
compare results, but the current smoothness I'm getting is already 
very good. I doubt that I want to give up the very flexible tone 
control I've got now over that of an even smoother, but less flexible 
ink set.

Joost