Digital BW, The Print

> I'm just curious, were you using the Roark curves?  If so, what was 
> so tedious about applying one set of curves before printing? 

I use my printer mostly for proofing. My proofs can be very far from 
perfect. It's much easier than doing contact sheets. At this particular 
stage I'm only looking for general composition. Quick and dirty. If I 
like it, I'll print it in the darkroom. Adding curves is just an 
anoyance. 

If I'm going to use a particulat image for a promo piece, I will use it 
with a desktop publishing program. If I've added curves to that image, 
then I'm looking at funky colors instead of what the promo piece will 
actually look like. Sure-- I can get by this way if I must. I just 
prefer to see a better representation on the screen. 

Using the original MIS quadtone inks was quick and easy. And when using 
the images in a DP program, I had a much better feel for what my promo 
piece was going to look like while I was working on it. I just didn't 
like the warm tone. I was hoping the Full Spectrum Neutral inks might 
work for me. It looks like they probably won't.

Scott