Digital BW, The Print

Greetings,

I was printing away today and noticed that an image I have worked up 
from very small size to about 11x14, has now shown a bright white spot 
in some foliage off to one side. I didn't see this in the smaller 
prints. I checked the original scanned negative file and lo and behold 
it was there. Perhaps a scanning artifact or dust that I had missed in 
my spotting run on the file. I have since fixed it in the master file, 
but my question is this:

I would like to save this print instead of reprinting it. I there a way 
to spot this area to a middle gray? In the darkroom world, I would have 
been able to easily do this with spotone. This particular spot would 
have taken me several dabs with a fine brush.

I am specifically printing with R2400, ABW, K3 inks on Epson Premium 
Semigloss paper.

Any advice???

Sakura makes archival ink pens in various tip sizes and a variety of 
colors. I have black ones, but I'm sure there are gray markers 
avalible. There are other brands of pigment markers, also.

I bought mine  at my local Michael's Store.

Scott

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Scott Jones" 
<peanutdogs@h...> wrote:
>
> Greetings,
> 
> I was printing away today and noticed that an image I have worked 
up 
> from very small size to about 11x14, has now shown a bright white 
spot 
> in some foliage off to one side. I didn't see this in the smaller 
> prints. I checked the original scanned negative file and lo and 
behold 
> it was there. Perhaps a scanning artifact or dust that I had missed 
in 
> my spotting run on the file. I have since fixed it in the master 
file, 
> but my question is this:
> 
> I would like to save this print instead of reprinting it. I there a 
way 
> to spot this area to a middle gray? In the darkroom world, I would 
have 
> been able to easily do this with spotone. This particular spot 
would 
> have taken me several dabs with a fine brush.
> 
> I am specifically printing with R2400, ABW, K3 inks on Epson 
Premium 

> Semigloss paper.
> 
> Any advice???
>

Thanks for the advice so far. With trepidation I actually tried some 
Spotone on a print with a white "spot" and to my surprise it actually 
worked fairly well. Not quite as smooth as with silver gelatin, but 
still quite a passable "save" for a print with a white defect. It did 
not screw up the surface like I thought it would.

Any other solutions out there?

Scott

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Scott Jones" 
<peanutdogs@h...> wrote:
> 
> Any other solutions out there?
> 
> Scott
>

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1003&message=16179461

Thanks for the advice so far. With trepidation I actually tried some 
Spotone on a print with a white "spot" and to my surprise it actually 
worked fairly well. Not quite as smooth as with silver gelatin, but 
still quite a passable "save" for a print with a white defect. It did 
not screw up the surface like I thought it would.

Any other solutions out there?

Scott

Scott,

Back in June there was a post on this subject from Roger Sopher, who 
said:

'An easy way to spot digital prints (matte ones at least) is to print a
step wedge on glossy paper using the same inkset, curves etc. as the
print to be spotted. Even when the ink drys it can be easily lifted 
with a moistened camel hair brush. The technique is virtually the same 
as with Spotone except glossy paper is used to hold the different 
densities of gray-black rather than a ceramic dish. The step wedge 
makes matching the densities pretty straight forward.'

I have not had reason to use it yet, but it seems to offer an ideal 
solution.

Regards,  John T

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Scott Jones" 
<peanutdogs@h...> wrote:
>
> Thanks for the advice so far. With trepidation I actually tried some 
> Spotone on a print with a white "spot" and to my surprise it 
actually 
> worked fairly well. Not quite as smooth as with silver gelatin, but 
> still quite a passable "save" for a print with a white defect. It 
did 

> not screw up the surface like I thought it would.
> 
> Any other solutions out there?
> 
> Scott
>

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Scott Jones" <peanutdogs@h...> 
wrote:
>try the spot healing brush or clone stamp tool in photoshop. zoom in close and work 
slowly and methodically and it should work.

> Greetings,
> 
> I was printing away today and noticed that an image I have worked up 
> from very small size to about 11x14, has now shown a bright white spot 
> in some foliage off to one side. I didn't see this in the smaller 
> prints. I checked the original scanned negative file and lo and behold 
> it was there. Perhaps a scanning artifact or dust that I had missed in 
> my spotting run on the file. I have since fixed it in the master file, 
> but my question is this:
> 
> I would like to save this print instead of reprinting it. I there a way 
> to spot this area to a middle gray? In the darkroom world, I would have 
> been able to easily do this with spotone. This particular spot would 
> have taken me several dabs with a fine brush.
> 
> I am specifically printing with R2400, ABW, K3 inks on Epson Premium 
> Semigloss paper.
> 
> Any advice???
>