Digital BW, The Print

Nij

The images on the Cone web site are mine, guilty as charged. 
I've tried a bunch of different papers with the Somesville White 
Fence, and Somerset Enhanced and Wells River are the best 
I've been able to do. The tonal range of that print is simply 
astounding in terms of realtive values and what we were used to 
with traditional Black and White. Cranes is really nice, too, but 
I've only had a chance to test just a few sheets. We need a profile 
for it, of course, but I found that the WVHWHR profile works the 
best out of all of them on the 3000 and the 1160. 

I have a 5500, noticing the talk about the 5x00 series. I call it the 
"Bird," because it's always preening itself, i.e., cleaning cycles 
every 5 minutes. It's a great machine - and tough. I printed 50 
Pagemaker docs, each 150 pages long, one day, and it didn't 
miss a beat.  I also name my other printers - the 3000 is the 
"Mule" for obvious reasons. The 1160 is "Patty Duke," because 
that's what it sounds like when printing. The 2000, which I don't 
have any more, was a hoot. I named it "F--k Y-u" because that's 
what it sounds like when working. Lydia, my significant other, 
says I need a real break from this stuff. 

The 7000 is Big Dog. My favorite, but all the Piezography tasked 
printers print with the same 2100 dpi quality. I found that the 
7000 actually changed my shooting habits with the 4x5. I now 
use a 6x loupe rather than a 4x because of the critical image 
sharpness necessary for a scan to go up to 24 inches x ?  It 
really does make a difference.

George