Digital BW, The Print

Obviously you're going to get many different suggestions, you'll just have
to pick the one that seems best to you. But just so the message below
doesn't put you off of black only entirely, I've had none of the problems
mentioned in that message when I've used black only with the Epson 2200
printer and MIS Eboni black ink. The prints look, to my eyes at least, very
good and are more consistently neutral than the prints I get using MIS VM
inks in my Epson 1280 printer. While I wouldn't tell you that black only is
the best way to go, it is an easy, inexpensive way. Even if you don't like
the results, all you've spent on it is about $10 for the Eboni cartridge and
a few minutes of time.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Douglas Meeuwsen" <lipshurt@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2004 10:13 PM
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Digital B&W Printing--Which method?



well, I give my vote to mis UT ink using the driver/sliders method.
Super easy, and look real good, work on lots of papers. Just have to
dial them in on your papers, which is pretty easy by trial and error.
Looks better than black-only, which was not really that simple when I
tried it. Black-only has problems with dither banding on certain dark
areas which can ruin a print. quadtone rip seemed to work exactly as
well as the sliders method, only 4 times slower. Paul roarks curves
method is cool too for more control, but for me, the sliders give
plenty of control.
On Sep 15, 2004, at 4:12 PM, jayglad wrote:

> At any rate, my priorities are:
>
>  1. Image quality
>  2. Simplicity of workflow
>  3. Longevity
>  4. Cost
>  (Have I overlooked anything?)
>


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