Ron,
Are the benefits to the APS profiles more pronounced in matte media vs satin and glossy? Are the improvements related to gamut, shadow detail, tonal transition, or all three?
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Amadou, to date I've focused on matte papers. Satin papers are up next. With any luck Hahnemuhle Photo Rag Satin as my initial experiements look good on the Z3100 with GE on. It may be less pronounced on satin and glossy as the papers have great gamuts.
I do see improved gamut and shadow detail on the matte papers. I'm not sure I've been that observant with tonal transitions as not many of the images I've been printing have large areas where that would be obvious.
Softproofing is the first place I saw the improvements. It was much easier to use Jeff Schewe's print workflow for the matte papers:
- punch blacks
- use curves for highlight and contrast
- add saturation where needed
P.S. thanks for a great book on B&W - I've enjoyed it thoroughly and I'm working to implement what I've learned from it