Digital BW, The Print

Enjoyable post.
Would you mind saying what other methods or materials you have used that 
did not do as well as this?
Do you have a guess as to what part of the system is mostly responsible for 
your success?   Or is it all the little things put together?

-Don M

spersky123 wrote:
>I just wanted to relay the success I have had with the black only
>printing technique.  I have always wanted to do Black and White from
>an inkjet printer.  I have never been happy with the results.  I was
>very skeptical when I heard about the BO print technique as descibed
>by Clayton Jones.  However, even if it did not work the initial ink
>cost of eboni ink was cheap compared to piezo.
>
>I spared no expense in getting up and running with the right
>equipment.  Nikon coolscan V, epson 2200 printer.
>
>I currently use a Leica M7 with 50mm 1.4 Lux and the 90mm Cron, and I
>started to develop my own film again.  I mainly use ilford fp4+ in
>xtol 1:3.  I tried 400 speed film but I mainly shoot pictures of my
>kids or landscape, and I did not want the extra grain.  I do all my
>own scanning with Vuescan software based on this article about
>scaning Black and White negatives:
>
>http://www.shutterbug.net/features/0902sb_bw/index.html
>
>I follow it exactly as recommended.  Post scan process takes about 20-
>30 minutes to get a master proof (that includes levels, curves,
>dodging and burning).
>
>I wish you could see the end results.  They are nothing short of
>breath taking.  I am making prints that I likely would never achieve
>in the Darkroom.  One particular print I just made of a Landscape has
>so much Luminace/definition/Actuance that everytime I pass by it I
>stop to admire it. The print draws me into it.  It reminds me of the
>reason I bought my Leica, and of the Black and White photography I
>have always strived for but could never quite reach.  I am far from
>an expert photographer.
>
>I am posting this as a guide for others starting in BO printing for
>my workflow which I have found works extremely well for me.  It is
>entirely based on Clayton Jones BO printing articles.
>
>I could post the picture on the net but it just lacks the true
>luminance that the Print reveals.
>
>Btw, the new print of my little girl cannot even stand next to the
>other children's prints ( It is that good).  The other prints are
>dull comparisons, and some of them where professionally printed.  My
>wife has instructed my to remake the old prints with my new scanner
>and this new technique so they will be able to stand on the wall next
>to the new prints.
>
>Thanks
>Steve
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