From: Judy Seigel (jseigel@panix.com)
Date: 09/20/02-03:23:36 PM Z
On Fri, 20 Sep 2002, Jack Fulton wrote:
> Quite honestly, I do not know how to sneer.
> When you turn a strip into a posterized step of 21 shades, though it 'looks'
> good you MUST check each step. There is a difference if you made the ramp in
> RGB or grayscale. Normally the RGB requires tweaking.
> If you printed it on a transparent material such as a mylar or if you had
> Pictorico . . the inks are most likely not put on it so as to print evenly.
>
> I've achieved a 1/2-way decent ramp by using a high-res laser printer rather
> than a CMYK printer which is what I assume you use.
> What it seems you are getting is ink-jet varying density on a clear
> substrate.
> Jack
>
No, each step is even within the step... the unevenness is in the print
between the steps. That is, let's say step 11 and 12 are very close, then
a BIG step to 13, and an even bigger one to 14 -- ***in the PRINT***..
Again, tone within each step is perfectly fine, smooth, even.
Since I'm going to print the negatives on the Epson, with the material I
choose (winner of the trials), no point in ramp in other material or on
other printer. Or none my brain is ready to encompass yet.
PS. My ISP is going down in 7 minutes for maintenance. Me too. TBC.
J.
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