Digital BW, The Print

My sentiments exactly.  I never took another frame of film after I made my 
first inkjet print from a good (4Mp at the time) digital camera.  I no 
longer own a film camera, and am in the process of selling off my darkroom 
equipment.  Inkjet has its own challenges, but at least you can address 
them siting down in the light.

Be aware, though, that print drying is still a recommended practice if you 
use the Lyson inks on glossy surfaces, at least that has been my experience 
with Ilford Galerie Classic Gloss and Pearl papers.  I usually hang those 
prints by a corner and let them dry overnight, just as I used to do with RC 
prints in my darkroom.  If you look across the surface of the print right 
after it comes out of the printer you can see what appears to be ink 
standing proud above the surface - I don't think it really is the ink 
itself, as it doesn't smear very readily although it does feel a bit 
"sticky" if you touch it.  But after an overnight dry the surface is 
perfectly smooth and shiny everywhere.  Matte paper just seems to suck up 
the ink immediately, although even there it probably doesn't hurt to leave 
the image surface exposed to air for some period.

Cheers,
Kip

At 5/12/2004 01:39 PM +0000, Jim wrote:

>I'll try it out.  I do have quite a bit of darkroom experience, but it
>  was years ago.  Now I'd rather do my printing with an inkjet than
>mess with developer, stop bath, fixer, hypo clearing agent, toning,
>washing, drying, and dry mounting.