Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Bob 
Michaels" <bob@b...> wrote:
> Linc:
> 
> You'll find a some people in this group that disparage Black 
Only
> printing and believe it's just inferior to quad or hextone. But, I
> sure am not one of them. It works better for me in some 
images. You
> should see the Black Only print that Richard has in the recent 
ContaxG
> print exchange. It was a "WOW!" as his prints usually are. 

*-Hi Bob,

I'm sure Richards image was excellent.   I guess I don't consider 
myself smart enough to just jump into quad or hex prints. In 
addition to that, some of the samples I have been trying in BO 
really blew me away!  They have a 3 dimensional quality I had 
not been expecting.  I think part of this is due to the fact that 
photography in the White Sands lends itself to BO.  Also, the 
bright white of EEM  showing thru' the images really gives them 
an elegant "pop".  Even though I am a fanatic about resolution, 
the '"dots" seem rather '"honest" to me and you have to be 
looking for "trouble" to really notice them.  Normal people (not 
including photographers, architects, engineers, optical 
designers and other fanatics),  would really not notice.  :-)


> I'm about to switch over to Eboni black and UT as soon as my 
current
> bottle (G4 black with FSN-E lighter tones) starts to run low. I 
don't
> think the Eboni is appreciably darker but everyone says it's a 
better

*--I would be happy hear how you make out with UT. 


> ink all the way around. I would be hesitant to use Eboni along 
with
> color dye ink as Paul Roark & MIS say that combination can 
cause
> clogs. I think there could be traces of the dye ink picked up on 
the
> black head from the waste pad (below the print head when it's 
at rest)
> and cause potential clogging problems. (someone correct me 
if you're
> doing it successfully)

*-- I really just plugged in the Epson dye base inks because my 
MIS cart had a clog I could not remove.  I wish I hadn't used the 
dye base cart now.


> 
> I can see no difference between printing at 1440 and 2880 dpi 
other
> than print time. For once, I seem to be in the mainstream line 
of
> thinking. But if 2880 works better for you, by all means use it. 

*-- Well, I can see a pretty significant diff-- as I wrote before, this 
may be due to the fact that I am primarily working on White 
Sands images.


> 
> Now you have no excuse for not being in the next ContaxG print 
exchange. 
> 
> Bob Michaels

*--- Maybe, we'll see if I can get anything good to submit.  At least 
if it is b&w I might get a glimmer of credit.  :-)


                     Linc