Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Antonis Ricos" <antonisphoto@y...> wrote:
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> As you do the soul-and-wallet searching, consider whether a simple reflection 
> densitometer wouldn't be a much saner idea in this case...
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> 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.

The other interesting thing to me about this aproach is that you will learn a lot more about ink on paper too, you'll have to.

> He recently repeated the steps to set up a wide format Ilford inkjet printer. 
> Though he owns a DTP-41, that wasn't needed.

Antonis, I've been very curious about the new Ilford quad inks, is that what he was working on? If so, have you seen any 
output?
Tyler