Digital BW, The Print

Sorry Steve-

I didn't mean to sound as if I was telling you how to prepare, although on re-reading I can see that.  My bad.

What I was gettng at is that I found by removing all the color variables I got (in this test) a better reproduction range.  Admittedly, this was going to an HP Indigo 5500.  Since I submitted the same picture done both ways, it was obvious which was the better way in THAT situation. Not only was one B&W better toned, it held noticeably more detail and a broader tonal range.

I just threw it out for your experimentation if you desire.

Seth

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Steve Kale <stevekale@...> wrote:
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> Seth
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> We're talking about different things here.  I am not talking about how to convert an image to B&W.  There are a multitude of ways to do that, some of which you note below. (I still use the split channels method - all of R, G, B, L* from Lab, C, M, Y, K.)
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> I am talking about how you manage the gamut compression from file to print.