Digital BW, The Print

Hi

Enjoy this list very much.

Very pleased with my 2200 QTR UC EEM B/Ws using XP Home version and 
PS 7 on PC. Thanks Roy for making the high quality, low cost RIP 
available for the PC.  

I also publish a B/W Newsletter with lots of quality B/W photos. 
Typically about 20 over 12 pages. 

The model boat organization that I publish it for can't afford 
Inkjet, so I go the laser route.  Currently using a new Xerox 
DocuTech 120 (600 dpi) at a local service bureau and looking at a GCC 
Elite 40 (1200 dpi) for in-house use.

My source images are high quality B/W film scans and grayscale in PS 
7, and then I use MS Publisher for layout only.  Hope to replace 
Publisher with InDesign in the future. I provide the Copy-shop with a 
Pack & Go (packaged) CD. 

The B/W digital high quality laser printer is all new to me and I 
would be interested in any PS Grayscale workflow issues that differ 
from the high quality inkjet route.

Want to use a high quality laser paper.  I print 11 x 17 duplex (3 
sheets makes 12 pages).  So "show through" may be an issue
with less then 24-pound paper.  Any paper suggestions for the highest 
quality laser output?

Also are these lasers "color managed"? What profiles do I use
for proofing in PS 7?   My local Service Bureau is useless since they 
use their $100K Xerox 120 as a cheap paper copy-shop machine. So it 
is up to me to provide paper and any machine setting unique to the 
paper.

Thanks in advance for sharing your laser B/W digital experiences.

Lou      Concord Ma.