Digital BW, The Print

As a general rule, I think Digital inkjet prints are much better than
darkroom prints in shadow detail, highlight detail, sharpness and wide
tonal scale. They still don't "Look" like a darkroom print. No paper
available to inkjet papers looks exactly like a darkroom print. Can't
understand what the reason for this is. You'd think that by now paper
manufacturers could make such a paper. Once behind glass, you can't tell
them apart though.

Jerry

torreyvosk wrote:
> 
> i'm thinking about getting into digital  B&W printing, and i can't
> seem to find any serious comparisons of print quality between
> traditonal wet darkrooms and the digital alternative.  I'm aware of
> all the benefits that computer photo editing offers, but is the final
> print truly compareable in terms of contrast, sharpness, grain,
> shadow detait, etc.?  any thoughts anyone?
> 
> thanks,
> 
> torrey
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