Digital BW, The Print

well if you want plug n play the new bwguys software and inks will work on
fine art papers without playing around, as will the piezo profiles - if you
like either inks and will pay the price. No fiddling at all

Julian
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter Nelson" <peter@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2003 2:06 PM
Subject: [Digital BW] Re: Stupid newbie questions


> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "jimj1946"
> <jimj1946@y...> wrote:
> >   Almost all these methods are basically for
> > > geeks and nerds who enjoy doing profiling and running test strips
> > and
> > > tweaking things and taking out heads and cleaning them and
> > installing
> > > special software on their computers, etc, etc.
> > >
> >
> > I hope that geeks and nerds was meant in a good way. I am also just
> > getting started in B&W inkjet printing. So far I don't see how it
> is
> > any different than darkroom work, as far as the
> > tinkering aspect goes. I don't know of any darkroom
> > printer who is not always looking for the perfect paper,
> > film, developer combination.
>
> You must be young.  Nowadays very few people do their own wet
> darkroom work so those that do are in the "enthusiast" category.
> They do it because they LIKE the process, they ENJOY the
> experimenting and tinkering, etc.   That's why all the ones you know
> today seem to be avid tinkerers.
>
> I've been doing wet darkroom since the mid-60's. In those days FOR
> MOST PEOPLE it was simply a means to an end - to make prints of our
> photos or to do it more cheaply than a pro lab.   I found papers and
> chemicals and processes that WORKED and stuck with them; I spent very
> little time tinkering, nor did most people I knew.  We weren't trying
> to be Ansel Adams; we were trying to make prints of our photos.
>
> That's the point that digital B+W has yet to evolve to.   A standard,
> agreed-upon process and set of technologies that works for 90% of
> users so when a newbie comes here we can all say "here's how you get
> started"  and tell him the same basic thing.   Tinkering should
> always be an option for the advanced enthusiast, but it should not be
> REQUIRED to just get a decent, neutral, streak-free, print without
> blocked shadows or mid-tone texturing.
>
>
>
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