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Re: [QuadtoneRIP] Ink separation test problem - Density goes up and then down for blacks

2015-10-06 by Mike Finley

This is normal - that's why you need to set the black limit in the later 
steps in generating the ink curves.

On 03/10/2015 20:03, rafaelrojasphoto@... [QuadtoneRIP] wrote:
> Hi all!
>
>
> I am new here and new using QTRip ... I have read all manuals and
> understood things, or at least I think I had! That being said, I am
> having really strange problems when printing the ink separation tiff
> file in order to calibrate the overall black ink limit and the gray inks
> density values.
>
>
> Basically, when I make the print of the ink separation file, with 2880
> dpi resolution and the right type of black chosen (matte black in my
> case), I obtain for the Black ink ONLY a strange phenomenon in the
> print: the density values increase up to the ink limit 70-75 % and then
> they decrease! That is, the density I observe (and mesure with a
> densitometer) decreases from 75% up to the 100 %.
>
>
> Is there something I am doing wrong, or is just my printer gone crazy?
>
>
> Thanks in advance for your kind help!
>
>
> Warm regards,
>
>
> Rafael
>
> 
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