Digital BW, The Print

Helene -

I do indeed use the Canon 9000 to print black and white prints.  They 
are sent to the printer as RGB files that have been Desaturated in 
Photoshop.  I know there are other procedures that offer more control 
over the image, but so far I've been getting results that are perfectly 
satisfactory for my purposes using this single step process.  (I do 
adjust Levels, and sometimes do other manipulations, but for the removal 
of color I just Desaturate the whole image.)

I understand the word metamerism to mean the change in image tone that 
occurs under different light sources.  The black and white images I get 
off the 9000 look fine to me under incandescent, fluorescent and 
daylight when viewed alone - there are no dramatic color changes that I 
see, although under daylight there does seem to be a slight tendency 
toward a brown tone (actually more like a light tan.) When I carry a 
chemical print, a Lyson Small Gamut print and a 9000 print around to 
various light sources at the same time, it seems to me that the Small 
Gamut print changes appearance the most, while the chemical and 9000 
prints don't change much at all.

Keep in mind that I've been doing digital B&W printing for only a couple 
of months, and before that did only chemical B&W printing for 30+ years. 
   I have virtually no color printing experience and so do not have an 
eye tuned to subtle color changes.  What I'm getting out of the Canon 
printer is just wonderful given its speed and simplicity, so for the 
moment I'm just going to roll on with it.  As my experience grows I 
expect I'll get to be more fussy, but for now i'm just thrilled.

Cheers
Kip

grdglass@... wrote:

> Kip,
> 
> Did you use the Canon 9000 to print a black-and-white, and if so, how 
> was the
> metamerism?
> 
> Helene