Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, claudej1@a... 
wrote:
> In a message dated 5/14/2004 5:15:42 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
> DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com writes:
> Black and White was a lot cheaper, but still several
> > thousand dollars to "do it right." Claude

> and point: 95% of B&W prints made by photogaphers out 
> there did not have the proper wash.

I'm not sure what your point is.  I still have the BW prints I made 
in college in the 1970's and they are still better than anytyhing 
I've seen from a 2200. 

The 2200 with the IP RIP produces BW prints that are "good enough" - 
a bit warm for my tastes and a bit coarse in some tonal ranges - 
but "good enough".   But it's still true that when I want a good BW 
from a digital file I take it to a pro lab and have a print done on 
photographic paper.   Your philosophy is that if you want quality 
you have to pay for it, and I agree which is why I use the pro lab 
on those shots.