Digital BW, The Print

I saw the postings on this site regarding ImagePrint and ordered 
it for my Epson 7600.  Guess what, it works! Perfectly neutral 
grays with the possibility of adding a tint.  It works right out of the 
box with the canned profiles, though using it on a Macintosh is 
not by any means intuitive.

It is worth the investment if B&W prints are important to you and 
the prints look good in any light - of course they change a little 
under flourescent, tungsten, daylight - what print doesn't?

Neil Folberg 
www.neilfolberg.com

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "thedigitaldog" 
<andrew@d...> wrote:
> >The rep at
> > the Epson booth was all gushing about how Gorman had 
sold the print for
> > $10,000, but I went around to look at it and was struck with a 
distinct
> > emperor's new clothes feeling. The print had weak blacks, a 
cyan cast, and
> > some pretty major crossovers. Do you know what he was 
using to profile his
> > printer?
> 
> Depends on now long ago. Was it from the 9600? He was 
printing from the 
> 10000 using just black ink because he wasn't happy with the 
color casts so 
> those prints were very neutral but lacking of course due to the 
other inks not 
> being used. After the 9600 came, he was printing full color 
using profiles 
> made from ProfileMaker Pro and a Spectroscan. This was 4.0 
which didn't 
> have the new features that compensate for viewing lights. I 
have a print in my 
> home of Greg's printed on the 9600 and I see far less 
metamerism but it's still 
> there. Again, Tungsten looks the best, daylight a bit green. 
> 
> Greg reprinted this image for me this week using the ColorByte 
product and 
> it's so far and away better (better dmax, neutral, smoother)! 
Going to cost a bit 
> to reframe but worth it. 
> 
> Greg did sell tens of thousands of dollars of Epson prints at  a 
recent show in 
> Europe (the money went to charity). I don't think the $10K figure 
is a lie. Don't 
> think that was for a single print. 
> 
> Think what they will be worth when re-printed with ImagePrint!