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Re: [colorvision_group] Re: PFP 10K and Six Mono Inks
2007-04-04 by CDTobie@aol.com
In a message dated 4/4/07 11:36:01 AM, deanwork2003@... writes:
The tonality is beautiful and very smooth, smoother than I'm getting
with QTR so far on this machine. It is very delicate. However, the
dmax is weak, it is measuring 1.58 while my usual QTR dmax is reading
1.68. It is black, just not dense enough. No posterization of any kind
though.
Is there anything I can do with PFP to increase these dmax numbers
without effecting the highlights and midtones? I saw there was a
custom setting for "contrast" but that would effect the highlights too.
An RGB printer profile just controls what mix of R, G, and B is sent to the printer. It doesn't define how black black is, thats a media setting choice. So choose a media setting that offers a deeper black, if one exists. RIPs allow you to define rich blacks (black in plus other components), and control ink limits on each ink channel, which are among the reasons people use them. If you can create an inkset where ink cart black, at an available media setting, is black enough, than all that becomes unnecessary. But if you can't... then thats where the advanced functions come into play.
C. David Tobie
Product Technology Manager
ColorVision Business Unit
Datacolor Inc.
CDTobie@...
www.colorvision.com
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