Digital BW, The Print

Martin,

So when does a Black&White print become a color print?

Bob Frost.

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From: "Martin Wesley" <mwesley250@...>

> This is at the heart of the issue with grayscale inks. One of the things
> that makes a toned silver print so wonderful is that it is not just shades
> of gray but that it varies in hue as it varies in luminance. That is why I
> am so fond of the MIS-VM and Selenium PiezoTone inks. They give you a
> variation in color as they change in density. This is important because it
> makes it easier for our eye to distinguish between different print
> densities. Our eyes seem to be incredibly sensitive to slight color
changes
> near the neutral point which makes it difficult to get a truly neutral
> print. What we want to do is to take advantage of that fact to enhance our
> prints.