Digital BW, The Print

On 7/30/02 12:38 AM, "sdmey4@..." <sdmey4@...> wrote:

> Just to chime in here, I did see a black and white print, 20x24in from a 7600
> two days ago. It was a typical Northwest Mountainscape printed on what looked
> like a semi luster epson paper. The Look was totally different than What
> Piezo or similar quad methods produce. Kind of like a air dried Fiber print,
> but really not rich in tonal range.



Do you know how much effort was put into getting the 7600 to produce a good
grayscale ramp with a full range of tones?  Out of the box the Epson
profiles are weak for this purpose.  I am going to have a couple of profiles
build specifically for B&W printing and then make a judgment.  It is
unreasonable to expect that the 9600 and 7600 would require any less effort
than any other printer to produce good B&W prints.  Look at how much effort
Paul puts into his curves for the MIS inks.  Let's ask Cone how much effort
goes into profiling each paper for the Piezo inks.

It seems that the tendency is to write off the new Epsons based on viewing
some prints that may or may not have really demonstrated what the machine is
capable of.

At the end of the day, I may still get a 7000 to do my larger piezo
printing.  However, I bought the 9600 to do color and make big digital
negatives to use for making platinum prints and if I can also tweak it to
make good B&W prints than so much better.  I remain confident that it will
be a viable solution for at least a portion of of my B&W printing...

Lawrence


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