Digital BW, The Print

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Morrison" <rmorrison@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 6:44 PM
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Re: ImagePrint


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

There's talk about the Epson 3000 successor on the Wide Format
list, an 8 ink model with gloss and mat black in separate
channels.

Ernst