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Re: [Digital BW] Black only printing

2003-10-25 by Bill

I've used black only--- the advantage being approximately neutral blacks without 
deep thought.

Also blacks without meaningful density (unless fading dyes are used, 1280 etc).  Just 
compare one to a silver gelatin darkroom print (well made of course).

Even an Epson 2200 using matte black alone is poor in comparison, however using 
ALL inks it can be great.

Bill

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Alan Zinn <AZinn@n...> 
wrote:
> At 09:03 PM 10/23/03 +0000, you wrote:
> >Does anyone here in the group have any experience printing black ink
> >position only. I have been experimenting with this and was wondering
> >if members of the forum could comment on any experiences that they
> >might have had.  So far i have found that I prefer, believe it or
> >not, using the Epson Black Cart with a 1270 printer.  I seem to get
> >better blacks and grey tones from this cartridge. Any comments on
> >inks and papers would be most apprecaited.
> >
> >Rick Zeidman
> >www.morgan-baily.com
> >
> >
> 
> Rick,
> 
> You need to go here:
> 
> http://www.cjcom.net/digiprnarts.htm
> 
> Clayton Jones is the man!
> 
> Black only can look very good at a certain size with a certain image on 
> certain papers.
> 
> AZ
> 
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