Digital BW, The Print

On Sep 28, 2004, at 1:15 PM, Carl Schofield wrote:

> James,
>
>  Have you found an inkset that will produce B&W prints on Darkroom 
> Gloss
>  that do not exhibit metamerism? 

Well, I can't help you with comparing inksets, because right now I'm 
invested in one- Fotonics.  I'm slowly trying to come up with an 
IP-like setup of Colorburst to print black and white with these inks on 
the Darkroom Gloss. I'm doing it under the guidance of someone who's 
the brains behind the operation.  So far I've had good news and bad 
news:  certain aspects of the prints are very promising, but I did see 
a dramatic difference in color from room lights at night to indirect 
daylight.  What looked pretty neutral in room lights looked green in 
daylight.  However, that was with an earlier iteration.  Subsequent 
ones have looked about 98% there, with only a faint hint of green in 
daylight.  Then there was a coincident other problem, which I need to 
now investigate- it could have been a fluke, but since it happened I 
haven't had the opportunity to check it out more.  So the profiling is 
still not ready for prime time, but, as I say, shows promise.  It seems 
reasonable that a dedicated gray set would be better than the Fotonics 
for black and white, but I don't have a printer set up for gray only, 
so this is what I'm working with now.

James