Digital BW, The Print

On 6/2/03 9:19 AM, "cschaible94111" <cschaible@...> wrote:

> Robert:
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> Thanks.  Interesting comments.  What you say about shadow compression
> concerns me, because what I like best about my current set up (other
> than the tonality of the selenium-tone ink) is the transparency of
> the shadows.  (I sometimes think I've actually changed my
> photographic style to take advantage of it.)  And since I'm on a PC,
> it's not likely I'll be using IJC anytime soon, even if I had a
> desire to make my own profiles.  I wonder if I should reduce my risk
> by going with the 2200 and IP; I'm thinking 7600 less for the print
> size than for the quality of the machinery.
> 
> Chuck

Well if I were you I would stick with my current set up until the end of the
summer.  

Imageprint will not get you there if you want shadow detail.  IJC is
supposed to come out for windows...and it will be interesting to see if 3rd
party carts/chips emerge for the 7600.  One excellent solution for BW would
be replacing either the cyan or magenta cart in a 7600 with the MIS
Ultratone "yellow position" gray cart (this would fix the hilights) and then
using the remainder of the Epson UC 7600 inks and then using IJC to drive
it...in my opinion this would be the ultimate black and white machine.  If
you really want flexibility...get rid of the other full strength color cart
(either magenta or cyan) and replace it with the other black...then you
could print on either RC or Matte papers at the drop of a profile!

Robert


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