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Re: [OM] Toned inkjet prints?

Subject: Re: [OM] Toned inkjet prints?
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2012 14:03:18 -0400
Looked OK to me.

Chuck Norcutt


On 7/18/2012 7:21 PM, Joel Wilcox wrote:
> I've been experimenting with my Epson 1400.  No apologies for this
> printer.  I like the Claria dye inkset and glossy papers.  Under glass
> Wilhelm said these inks will last 100 years, which is about how much
> longer I expect to live, assuming I have such a nice wife to be with
> (all bets off otherwise).
>
> BW inkjet prints seem OK to me, but they look Bromide-ish.  So long as I
> print with profiles, the result is the same.
>
> I decided to try to make a curves action which will "tone" the print.
> I'm trying to get a selenium toned look.
>
> This is an image I posted a couple of weeks ago:
>
> http://jfwilcox.jalbum.net/PESO/#120618-0001w.jpg
>
> The image is webbed out directly from the scanned negative with my final
> decisions about tonality.
>
> This is a scan of an *inkjet print* of the big version of the image
> above:
>
> http://myweb.uiowa.edu/jfwilcox
>
> The print had the "selenium toning" curves action applied before
> printing.  The print was scanned using Vuescan.  I had to do some
> adjustments to bring it a little closer to the tonalities of the
> original.  No, I don't think I will be scanning inkjet prints in the
> future.  I thought it might be interesting to see if I could convey the
> effect of the resulting print after the "toning" was applied, since I
> can't show you the actual "toned" inkjet print.
>
> I feel it is worth pursuing.  What think ye?
>
> Joel W.
>
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