Digital BW, The Print

> All this is just rolling around in my head. Plus, I'm pissed that my
> pigments in my 9600 won't produce a quality black on matte
> paper, and I can't go to dyes for fear of fading. So I'm acting kinda
> like a mouse who's back in a corner. Everywhere I turn, it's the
> wrong way.
>
Mark, I'm playing around with the idea of dyes precisely because I want a
good black. There are only two worth looking at IMO - the Lincoln's
(www.lincolninks.com) and the Ilford Archiva. Now these, with the right
paper, are both tested to 25 years by Wilhelm. It's enough for me. As you
said before, it is the image that counts. Printing using a small gamut or
poor blacks because fading will set in 10 years or so later is crazy IMO.
Just think how much nonphotographic art out there wouldn't happen if those
criteria applied .

Julian