At 06:28 AM 1/27/2002 +0000, you wrote:
I should be grateful for some advice.
I used the photo at
http://www.threeshoes.co.uk/comment/Photo_Comment.html
as the cover for a Christmas card recently and it gave me some
problems. The shadow areas, particularly around the baby's head came out
with a different reflectivity from the remainder of the photo. In
addition, the print showed coloured grain around the baby's forehead (and
in other areas).
Chris,
In my system, this sort of image loses so much detail in the shadows on my
monitor that I can't be sure of what the printed image will show,
particularly in the shadows. (This is not a criticism of the photo, but of
my monitor, and perhaps all monitors.) The inkjet print in my experience
always shows a little more shadow detail than the monitor, but it doesn't
mean you will always like what you see. It often requires pulling the
curve a little to deepen the shadow to get the right effect in the
print. This is not what you want to hear concerning this image, however, I
think.
If the shadowy skin textures are grainy with a lot of red, this could also
be scanner noise. This kind of noise will also be exacerbated by sharpening.
Another factor may be the crossing over from CMY ink to K (black) to get
the proper shadow tones. In effect, the Epson print algorithm combine the
three color inks to print darks until it starts to incorporate black. The
transition is incredibly cunning and effective, but this kind of image may
be right on the crossover point.
I don't think there is anything wrong with your printer or print resolution.
Joel W.
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