Digital BW, The Print

On 6/13/03 11:28 PM, "David R. Spielman" <david@...> wrote:

> I've tried to have B&W (grayscale) prints made using the LightJet 5000 with
> color material (RA-4 process) and they just aren't quite
> what you would expect a nice silver print to look like. It's been my
> observation that B&W RA-4 prints just don't have a really nice, rich
> deep black like a conventional silver print has.

I'm curious about this comment.  Does anyone know what a lightjet/RA-4
process is capable of with respect to dmax on RC papers?  The dmax of silver
papers is typically not as high compared to what you can get with
Ultrachromes on RC papers with photo black. Is it possible that the
Ultrachromes are outperforming the lightjet/RA-4 workflow with respect to
blacks?  I assume that lightjet/RA-4 is still the color gamut winner,
however?

Robert