Digital BW, The Print

< Duane: Isn't this a version of what others have been doing with the 
Epsons for some time now? Initially they were "colorizing" images via Pshop and 
later using RIPs like QTR and others to make negatives using various channels 
to get appropriate uv opacities. >

Yeah, the idea goes way back (starting with Burkholder in 1991 as I 
recall). I don't want to speak for Angel Albarrán (the inventor of this particular 
process), but here's what he says in the PDF you can download: < ... 
Printing a large format photo negative with inkjet ink is an old concept. There is 
a
set of books and highly recommended methods that pioneered this. As 
explained above
the main goal when creating this solution was not to “reinvent the wheel” 
but to make the
process of printing large format photo negatives easier to the users and 
achieve the
maximum quality when with the HP DesignJet Z3200 printer.
If you want to know more about photo negatives and learn from the masters, 
do
not miss the books, methods explanations and materials linked here:
http://www.danburkholder.com/
http://www.mikeware.co.uk/mikeware/main.html
http://www.dickarentz.com/
http://www.precisiondigitalnegatives.com/
http://www.christopherjames-studio.com/
http://www.bostick-sullivan.com/
http://www.alternativephotography.com >

The printmaker who did the Erwitt digital negs (Gabe Greenberg) told me 
he's been trying for 8 years to get this right and wasn't satisfied. Now he 
seems to be (or at least more so).

H


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