Darkest black on Hahnemühle Fine Art Baryta ?

Hi,

I’m actually using the Hahnemühle Fine Art Baryta and Piezo Pro inks but I don’t find the black as black as Piezo K7.

I actually get 100% black at L 6.82, could it be better ?

Regards,

Frankie

Pro ink and FA Baryta in particular was not a spectacular dMax if I recall but in our testing here we were at L*4-ish. This varies form paper to paper and printer to printer. You could increase the ink amount a bit though.

 

-Walker

Thanks Walker,
Do you have a documentation somewhere about increasing the ink limit ?

Frankie

I found the ink limiting part in the Excel files but is there any way to “test” the ink limit of the paper without guessing the % to add in the black tab ?

Frankie

Any advice Walker ?

There is not magical test. Make two curves (one normal one very high) and use the blending in QuadtoneRIP to quickly test different increments.

best,

Walker

Good technique, thanks for your advices Walker.

Best,

Frankie