Digital BW, The Print

thanks Paul,

I'll play aorund with the 1160 just to see what I can get, maybe I 
just need a better printer for this... yes, for many prints I think I 
can already match silver, but then there are others that I just can't 
get right.  After being happy with so many actual prints I was rather 
surprised to see how bad a 4x6" gradient looked from the printer (you 
don't see it on a step wedge or thin gradient strip).

mark

PS  I hope you didn't take my post as a negative comment on all the 
great work you've done for all of us quadtone folks, I've had great 
luck with your curves in general... and am just figuring out the 
limitations of the medium.

...
> >so I decided to experiment with contact prints made from paper 
negs 
> >on my 1160 with MIS VM inks, Epson PQIJ paper ('cuz I had some) 
and 
> >Roark curves. ...
> 
> RC-compatible UT inks on Pictorico transparency is a better bet.  
Still, my
> 1160 just is not up to the job of making a good internegative.  
1280 and an
> RC compatible ink is what many seem to be satisfied with.  See 
Burkholder's
> book, http://www.danburkholder.com/ . 
...
> For some uses I could argue the other way.  For example, in dark 
storage for
> archiving old photos I think carbon pigments on buffered cotton 
(preferably
> with a fixative spray or in mylar) will outlast fiber prints.  But, 
the
> silver print, "properly processed" (big issues here) is a wonderful 
medium.
> I think we're really nipping at it's heals now, however.
> 
> Paul
> www.PaulRoark.com