Digital BW, The Print

Peter--

My experience has shown that there are those who enjoy things that are 
complicated.  That's neither good nor bad, just an observation.  Me?  I like 
simple.  I've reached that age where simple is good.

Jay


>From: "Peter Nelson" <pnweb@...>
>Reply-To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
>To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [Digital BW] Re: Tungsten Balance of Epson Archivals
>Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2004 20:04:46 -0000
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>--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Jay Gladwell"
><jaygladwell@h...> wrote:
> > So you're saying there's no such thing as simple perfection. Humm... if
> > that's true, then I guess I'll have to rethink some things.
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>There are 5 predominant methods of doing BW prints from digital files:
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>1. Custom profiles using stock inks and drivers
>2. Black Only
>3. Commercial RIPs
>4. Dedicated grayscale inksets (quadtone/hextone) - usually with a
>dedicated printer
>5. Photographic printing
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>Each one has advocates here and some people use either more than one
>or combinations.   And then within each category there are subcategories.
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>So if there were one method that was both simple and perfect why would
>we need five methods?
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