Digital BW, The Print

> From: brinkker2000 [mailto:stevebrink@...]
>
> I'm a big fan of BO printing because it works,and because I prefer to
> snap the shutter instead of sitting in front a computer making
> tweaks.  As an engineer I get sick of tweaking!
>
> In the same vein, I've seen custom color printer profiles using
> Gretag equipment which provides quite neutral B&W prints, and it's
> nearly as easy as hitting the Print button.  My local shop will
> profile 6 papers for $250.  So you get results at fair price with no
> hassle.  I'm wondering what y'all think of this approach as compared
> to other seemingly more complicated options, an albeit,I guess better
> results, but at what cost in time...?

The problem with printing B&W using color inks, with a custom profile and
standard printer driver, is that many color inks (e.g., Epson 2200) are
metameric. Also, even with the best equipment, some printers (again, the
2200) don't profile perfectly anyway, so the profile needs tweaking. If the
$250 includes that tweaking, then it may be worth it, but if it's just an
automatically generated profile, then it may not be.

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Ciao,               Paul D. DeRocco
Paul                mailto:pderocco@...