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Re: [OM] Toned inkjet prints?

Subject: Re: [OM] Toned inkjet prints?
From: Joel Wilcox <jfwilcox@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2012 16:36:10 -0500
Thanks for taking a look, Chuck.

Joel W.

On Sat, Jul 21, 2012, at 02:03 PM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> 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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