Digital BW, The Print

www.danburholder.com has ALL THE ANSWERS for B&W negatives, but also 
applies for printing positives.  GT


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., d.martini@c... wrote:
> I am just new in this group, and I see that everybody have great 
> knowledge about b&w digital printing, so I think there will be 
> someone who could advise me. I scan my films by a Powerlook III 
Umax 
> and Binuscan Photoperfect, then I print them by an Epson 5000 and 
> Power RIP 2000 software (with Photoshop 6): normally I am quite 
> satisfied of the results in color . The trouble begins with the b&w 
> printing: if I print only with black the result is poor, if I print 
> monochrome the result is almost "green", regardless the type of 
> paper; I have tried duotone method, and I obtain just 2 tones on 
the 
> print...The best result actually is this:I scan b&w negative in 
mode 
> CMYK (Binuscan do this), so I have on my monitor a b&w image but 
> CMYK, than I print it in color (power RIP). The print made in this 
> way is less "green" and more gray, but it is quite "flat". Before 
to 
> buy another printer b&w dedicated, with black and gray inks, I 
would 
> like to explore all the possibilities of the six color cartridges. 
Is 
> someone of you passed in this situation? Many thanks of your help. 
> Daniele Martini.