Digital BW, The Print

Hello Martin,

>I plunged into digital B&W printing about two months ago and have
>since discovered that something I thought was simple and straight 
>forward is extremely complex.  I find the tens of different options 
>(quadtones, hextones, septtones, RIPs, printer drivers, separate 
>drivers, profiling equipment, whatnot) very confusing and I don't 
>know how to choose between them... or to determine what is right 
>for me and the budget that I willing to devote to this.

Not a stupid question at all.  I don't know of a single source of
information distilled down to these specific subjects, but this forum
is certainly a good place to learn.  Perhaps Martin Wesley the forum
manager can help with the user verification problem.

In the meantime, Black Only printing is a good neutral place to hang
your hat and make some nice prints and hone your Photoshop skills
while you figure out which system you'll ultimately use.  It is not
the final word in digi printing, but you'll learn a huge amount
without a committment to any particular expensive system and will
turn out some surprisingly nice prints.  There is information about 
BO printing on my web site.

Regards,
Clayton


Info on black and white digital printing at    
http://www.cjcom.net/digiprnarts.htm