Digital BW, The Print

Mark,

 I am very interested in printing duotones with color inks, selenium-
toned images in particular. What are you using to get your selenium-
toned images and how hard is it? I currently use an Epson 1280 with 
OEM inks on EAM and Eclipse Satine. I was going to switch to MIS 
archival inks until Jerry did his test. Cone apparently is going to 
come out with a selenium-toned inkset sometime and I wonder if I 
should wait for that? Any help is appreciated.

Tim

www.portraitsofnature.net












--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Mark Tucker" <mark@m...> 
wrote:
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., bpeteb@y... wrote:
> I just do 
> > not want to read the hype of color inks on a list for Black and
> > White.
> 
> Hey Pete,
> 
> Many people, including myself, attempt to print B/W images all 
> the time with color inks. With a carefully created profile, it can 
be 
> done, and without color crossover. Given, it probably is harder, 
> but still, the point is that it's certainly appropriate to this 
list.
> 
> In addition, the only reason that there's a lot of talk about MIS 
is 
> simply that many on this list are currently using their products. I 
> know for a fact that Martin and Antonis intended this group to be 
> free of manufacturer/retailer hype; that was the main goal of 
> starting this group. This group is about as pure as you're gonna 
> get for having a "power to the user" mentality. We're all learning, 
> so whatever degree, and everything is changing so quickly, we're 
> all trying to keep up.
> 
> Also, with all these  events of this morning, your timing is a 
> bit ill-timed when you come on so strong. My bet is that you're not 
> gonna gather many supporters with that approach; I've learned 
> that personally. When you micro-obsess over dpi, and 
> resolution, and microbanding, and DMax levels, like I do, and 
> then something happens like what happened today, it's gotta 
> make you take a step back and take a deep breath, and keep 
> things in perspective. My sense is that everyone in this group is 
> in it for the same reason: to make quality, long-lasting B/W 
> prints. We're all on the same side.
> 
> -Mark Tucker, ex-resident of New York City, with good friends still 
> there...