Digital BW, The Print

Hap,

If you print as I detailed in my post you should have
VERY neutral grays.

I can't see any cast in the prints I'm making with this
technique. I compare them to my silver prints under daylight
and the gray tones are similar, is hard to see the difference
if you look at them alone, they are black and white prints.
(I'm using Epson Photo paper and Epson Photo Quality inkjet)

Of course there's the metamerism and the archival issue.

Under a light bulb there is slight shift in color towards green.
But it seems that this can be corrected adding a little bit
of magenta usign the levels or curve tool. So depending on
where do you plan to show your prints you can correct the
cast.

Your prints can last more or less 25 years (under glass)
using ColorLife Photo Paper or Matte Paper Heavyweight. There
is a document ('Taking care of your photographs') discussing
this on the Epson site. In the documentation section of the
1270 printer.

So IMHO it is a great solution if you don't have to sell
the prints (proofs, portfolio, etc.)

Jose Luis Martinez
Barcelona - Spain

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Message: 3
   Date: Tue, 09 Oct 2001 21:29:45 -0000
   From: "Hap Mullenneaux" <hapm@...>
Subject: Re: lack of continuous tone on b & w image

Maris,
Thanks for your reply.  I did my own test and it looks like a random 
tritone as usual.
Hap