Digital BW, The Print

We just finished an exchange on the 9000 list, where everybody printed the 
same image. There was a ton of information to absorb, because everyone used 
different inks and different papers. I think everyone found it worthwhile. While it 
might not have been a very artsy image, in the end, it turned out to be a good 
choice. There were grey wedges, color cones, skin tones, etc. (But let me stress 
that we are NOT geeks over there on that list, even though we printed images of 
color cones! Let's just call us -- analytical; yeah, that's the word).

Here's what arrived at my doorstep about a week ago:

http://marktucker.com/temp/samples.jpg
(Sorry for giant jpeg. Just scroll left and right).

There were pigments mixed with dyes; 9600s, 9000s, 1270s, 7000s, hell, one 
guy even snuck in an actual photo  Cprint. (His reds popped, but his yellows 
sucked).

No one was allowed to tweak or alter the image. Here's what we went by:
http://marktucker.com/exchange/

We're contemplating one now, where we might *allow* people to tweak the image, 
just to see how much the image varied. Also planning a possible get-together in 
person during PhotoEast in NYC, as a group. 

-MT, http://marktucker.com