Digital BW, The Print

mpix does "true BW" on Kodak paper:
http://www.mpix.com/

On Tuesday, July 20, 2004, at 09:07  PM, Jeff Magidson wrote:

> I also have used whcc.com for some COLOR frontier prints and they are
> quite good! I'm sure some people would be quite happy with with making
> B&W prints with this process but I'm pretty picky about tone and
> crossovers  so for B&W they just don't cut it for me. However there are
> places that do lighjet type B&W prints on TRUE B&W photo paper. If your
> real interest is B&W I would seek out a lab that does their B&W that
> way!
>
> -Jeff
>
>
> On Tuesday, July 20, 2004, at 08:50 PM, D. Hill wrote:
>
>> Olaf,
>>
>> At the studio where I work, our wedding black and
>> white prints/proofs are created with a fuji frontier
>> printer; and the clients have been very pleased with
>> the results.  Any enlargements are made through
>> www.whcc.com and our customers could not be happier.
>>
>> When sending the files to print, our black and white
>> images are desaturated RGB files, not greyscale.  This
>> produces neutral images.
>>
>> Don
>>
>>
>> --- Olaf Ringdahl <o.ringdahl@...> wrote:
>>> I don't know if there is much interest in
>>> alternatives to inkjet printing but I am ready to
>>> try the LightJet route and would like to know if
>>> anyone out there who has gone that route has any
>>> advice that might keep me out of trouble. I know
>>> that LightJet, being a color process, does not
>>> easily produce truly neutral black and white prints.
>>> To improve my odds, I would like to start by finding
>>> a lab that is capable of producing good black and
>>> white prints, preferably (but not necessarily) in or
>>> near New York City. If anyone has had good or bad
>>> experiences with a particular lab or with LightJet
>>> in general, your comments would be much appreciated.
>>> I think they would also be of interest to others on
>>> this list who are thinking of trying this method.
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>> Olaf Ringdahl