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Re: [Digital BW] Easy B&W print

2004-09-08 by Clayton Jones

Hello B.,

>The "easiest" way I know of to get "decent" (actually much better 
>than decent) black and white prints is to just pirnt black only 
>using MIS Eboni black ink. 
>...I've started printing black only on the 2200 and getting 
>wonderfully neutral prints with great blacks. I haven't yet 
>observed the "dots" in the highlights that this method is supposed 
>to produce but then my largest prints so far have been 9.5" on the 
>long side. Maybe I'd see the dots if I printed larger. 

Actually you are more likely to notice them if you print smaller
because it requires a closer viewing distance.  The dots aren't like
grain.  They don't get bigger with a bigger print.  The dots are the
same no matter what size the print is.

Regards,
Clayton


Info on black and white digital printing at    
http://www.cjcom.net/digiprnarts.htm

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