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What is the Dmax of the Lucia EX inkset on various papers?

April 26, 2017DMAX ex inkset lucia papers various

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What is the Dmax of the Lucia EX inkset on various papers?

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Note: The Lucia EX inkset is the improved version of the Canon inks available in the iPF6300/iPF8300. Dmax measured by Jeff Kohn: Here are some of the DMax’s I’ve measured in monochrome mode on the 6300 (as calculated by QuadToneRIP’s QTR-Create-ICC.exe): For matte papers: Hahn Photo Rag 308 – 1.68 Canson Rag Photographique – 1.64 Epson Cold Press Natural – 1.72 For semi-gloss/baryta: Canson Baryta Photographique – 2.59 Canson Platine Fiber Rag – 2.46 Hahnemuhle Photo Rag Baryta – 2.57 Having previously used the Epson K3 inks my impression is that Lucia/EX are about the same as K3 for matte, but better for gloss/semi-gloss (I’ve gotten L* readings as low as 2.25 on some semi-gloss papers). Make sure to compare numbers that are apples to apples; it wouldn’t be hard to get a single spot-reading from Measure Tool that’s higher than the result from QTR-Create-ICC (which is from averaging readings for several patches). These QTR numbers correlate to black-points in the L* range of about 14.

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Note: The Lucia EX inkset is the improved version of the Canon inks available in the iPF6300/iPF8300. Dmax measured by Jeff Kohn: Here are some of the DMax’s I’ve measured in monochrome mode on the 6300 (as calculated by QuadToneRIP’s QTR-Create-ICC.exe): For matte papers: Hahn Photo Rag 308 – 1.68 Canson Rag Photographique – 1.64 Epson Cold Press Natural – 1.72 For semi-gloss/baryta: Canson Baryta Photographique – 2.59 Canson Platine Fiber Rag – 2.46 Hahnemuhle Photo Rag Baryta – 2.57 Having previously used the Epson K3 inks my impression is that Lucia/EX are about the same as K3 for matte, but better for gloss/semi-gloss (I’ve gotten L* readings as low as 2.25 on some semi-gloss papers). Make sure to compare numbers that are apples to apples; it wouldn’t be hard to get a single spot-reading from Measure Tool that’s higher than the result from QTR-Create-ICC (which is from averaging readings for several patches). These QTR numbers correlate to black-points in the L* range of about 14.