Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Martin Wesley"  wrote:

> Thanks for all the advice. 
> 
> Martin



Martin,

you are most welcome!  A parting thought:

As you do the soul-and-wallet searching, consider whether a simple reflection 
densitometer wouldn't be a much saner idea in this case. Since you neither 
have an investment in color processes nor in becoming a business offering 
such services , all this sounds like massive overkill to me. 
A few years back a friend with a service beaureau and I configured an Iris 
Realist printer to do quad from scratch. Our entire investment was a set of 
Lyson quad inks. We used an existing X-Rite T/R instrument (like my 810TR) 
to read strips and that was it. 
He recently repeated the steps to set up a wide format Ilford inkjet printer. 
Though he owns a DTP-41, that wasn't needed. Essentially he developed a 
new product for his business with minimum investment and the results look 
great (within the limits of those printers). More money coming in, less cost!

All this is to say, once again, that I doubt your actual quad prints will see that 
much improvement if you jump from a $900 BW densitometer (Heiland TRD2, 
no software) to $10,000 worth of exotics. Just my $0.02.

I wonder what instruments Paul Roark finds most useful in developing his 
curves.....

Antonis