Digital BW, The Print

Chris, I've been using the UT7 for about 10 days.  Before that I 
was using BO Eboni on the 2200.  I won't opine on the quality of 
the midtones, but I can tell you that I've had no clogs since 
starting.  I probably have used the printer for at least one print 
each day.

Ed Rudolph


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Chris 
Hargens" <chargens@s...> wrote:
> Last week my new 2200 arrived and I've been printing BO with 
Eboni. 
> While the BO approach is just right for certain kinds of prints, I 
> find that the dots are problem when rendering smooth skin 
tones. I 
> did a comparsion of BO and full color (metamerism and all) 
and the BO 
> won on crispness but the full-color approach easily one on 
> smoothness -- with the BO print the dots noticeable enough to 
> distract. Now I'm sure that my problem here was to some 
extent 
> aggravated by the fact that I was starting with a somewhat 
grainy neg 
> to begin with; even so, the full-color print had no problems with 
> grain. BTW, I was printing at something 8" by 6". Anyway, I'm 
now 
> beginning to consider the UT7 inkset. However, I had many 
problems 
> with clogs with the UT2 set on the 1280. Further, I sometimes 
noticed 
> a certain flatness in the midtones -- not a problem with BO 
printing. 
> So what I'm asking for is experiences with UT7 as well as any 
other 
> suggestions on how to print continuous-toned negs that are 
slightly 
> grainy.
> 
> Chris Hargens