Digital BW, The Print

Hello Norm,

I have an Epson 1280 and I tried the Piezography inks with the ICC 
profile upgrade and still could not get the middle tones un-muddy. I 
switched to MIS inks (UT2) for most of my printis. I often print BO 
with the 1280 and select Photo Paper and 2880 DPI and the dots are 
not evident in the lighter tones at all unless you use a loupe. You 
can use the Black ink in the Piezo inkset to print the BO also, 
though the MIS inks seem to be the ones usually used with very good 
results. If the print is a little lighter than the monitor give the 
Back end of 5% less than the front end to start off with. The Front 
End is the profile for Working Gray set to 20% for starters. Clayton 
is very helpful with this process and I've compared notes with him 
to clarify some particular step for me.

Your friend in Photography,

Johnny Eades



--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "nsams2002" 
<normsams@w...> wrote:
> Right...Until recently, it's probably been a year since I made a 
> black only print.  (I've been working with the Piezography inks).  
I 
> did a black only print today (Epson 870, Epson black cartridge, 
> Legion Photo Matte.  What I got were the black, greys, and whites, 
> which I've been looking for for some time now, as well as a 
general 
> neutral tonality, and luminosity which I like very much.  No, "it 
> ain't broke" but I have to wonder if what I'm doing couldn't be 
> better.  I'm wondering about the use of watercolor paper, which 
might 
> make the "dots" less obvious, and perhaps using a different black 
> cartridge.  As well as the 870, I also have a 1280.  The 1280 is 
> pretty much devoted to Piezography, but that might change.  Thanks 
in 
> advance for ideas.
> 
> Norm  
>