Digital BW, The Print

Peter
I am using the 2200 for both color and grayscale. My results with George
Lepp's profiles are very good. My results with Imageprint 5 are spectacular.
Lovely tonal scale, very smooth transitions and minimal (almost not there)
metamerism. I have carried a print to various places (tungsten, OttLite,
fluorescent (most varieties), daylight, etc.
I am really considering IP5 as a part of the 2200 "system."
That said, BIO (black ink only) at both 1440 and 2880 with the Epson driver
is excellent. EEM (with a 15x loupe) shows minimally noticeable dots in
lightest areas. Not visible without that loupe.

----- Original Message -----
From: "peter nelson" <peter@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, February 08, 2003 10:39 AM
Subject: [Digital BW] WHEN will we get simple, reliable BW printing??


>
> I recently bought a 2200 because some reviews said it did
> good black and white printing.  But it has so much metamerism
> that the black and white prints it makes are unacceptable.
>
> My darkroom is just a dark corner of the basement and it needs
> major upgrades in plumbing, electricity, and ventilation.
> I was hoping to go all-digital and skip the upgrade but It
> seems I'm still waiting for a simple-off-the-shelf solution
> to digital black and white printing.
>
> I like the 2200 because of its pigment-based inks, wide
> format, 48-mil thick media spec, and flat feed tray.
>
> Reading this forum and Photo.Net I can see people are desperate
> and try a zillion different approaches to black and white ranging
> from black-only to expensive RIPs to profilers to hextone printing.
> Everyone has their special approach and no one method seems
> to be endorsed by more than a few percent of users.
>
> I'm reluctant to go to a hextone system because of all the hassles
> I've heard about with it; the need to maintain TWO big, wide format
> printers, the risk of voiding my extended warranties with third-party
> inks, questions that have been raised here about color stability,
> blackness, and metamerism, and the chip wars between ink
> makers and Epson (Epson makes its money on INKS not printers).
>
> My question is should I upgrade my darkroom and stick with darkroom
> prints for B+W or will we SOON see a straightforward, off
> the shelf solution to digital black-and-white printing?
>
> ---peter
>
>
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