Digital BW, The Print

Jerry,

For the type of work you are doing, and myself for that matter, I 
don't see the mono-ink method as the way to go. I mostly work with 
4x5 or medium format striving for as little grain as possible.

Where the mono-ink gets interesting and the differences are reduced, 
is when you take that 35mm Tri-X type negative and the grain pattern 
is on a scale with the printer dot pattern. Then I think all Nick's 
comments were on the money and for the look he wants the trade offs 
are legit. 

There are definitely problems but I sure expected a much larger 
difference in quality than what I am seeing. Some of the texture in 
the fine detail takes on a real crispness that is played down by the 
quad print.

Martin




--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., Jerry Olson 
<jerryolson@r...> wrote:
> Sam, I just tried printing with black only ink MIS Variable Hextone 
black, on Epson Archival matte paper.
> 
> The image was full of bizzare little artifacts, grain, windowscreen 
like cross hatches, and something that looked like banding on a toot.
> All mixed together. MOST unpleasant.
> 
> But, the TONE was beautiful, the Contrast was wonderful, and except 
for all the artifacts, looked great, from about 12 to 15 inches. But 
up
> close you can see it all.
> 
> Jerry
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> "Sam A. McCandless" wrote:
> 
> > "Martin Wesley" <mwesley250@e...> wrote:
> >
> > >Nicholas Hartmann was kind enough to send me a print that he made
> > >using only black ink by setting the Epson driver to "Black 
Only". He
> > >printed with the black from the MIS VM ink set.
> >
> > [big snip]
> >
> > >I hope that Nick is out there and will post his full workflow 
from
> > >film to scan to Photoshop to print. ...
> >
> > And I hope so too. Incidentally, I think one or two early 
adopters of
> > Epson's 5500 have been enthusiatic about the black-and-white 
prints
> > they got with Epson inks on, I believe, a 2880 black-only setting.
> > Not that I remember them saying that they did less well at 1440.
> >
> > Sam
> >
> >
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