long time imager, relatively new printer.
loving my epson 3880 and Canson Baryta, printing from LR.
any good technique for simple test strip production?
would love a single image with various brightness / contrast settings from the print module (ideally a simple grid of plus contrast vs plus brightness)
The answer to this is to make virtual copies, adjust each differently, and then print them ganged together on a single sheet of paper in a grid or strip fashion.
For example, I took this image at the nominal settings I'd made for it:
I put a virtual copy of it into a collection and set it to a green label, then made four more virtual copies. I set them to no label, and arranged them such that the green was in the middle (so I could recognize my "null" point). Then I used the Quick Develop panel on each of the unlabeled copies to adjust exposure and contrast.
In the Print module, I created a template with five image cell strips the width of the page and told LR to zoom the image to the strip. I them positioned them to see the results I wanted to check, and output a JPEG test strip:
If I'd run it through the printer, I'd have a single piece of paper showing a range of five different overall processing adjustments on my base setting. Once I know which one does what I want, I can either adjust the null point to suit in Develop or change the printing bias in the Print module.