Digital BW, The Print

here is my little tale of going where you are going........
I gave up on the lysons, because of changing colors after a short 
while, no glossy success no matter what I tried, and the color of the 
neutrals was weird. Then I got the UT2 from mis, read all of paul's 
info, tried every type of paper i could get, which was a lot, and 
settled on Velvet fine art, because of the neutral color, and surface, 
Hanemule photo rag, like everyone else, and the costco glossy, which is 
what gets people to be impressed when they hold a print. I never ever 
have a clog, like i used to with lyson dye inks, and I never think 
about printing any more. I just hit print. (it did take a long to get 
there though :)      I dont use the curves. I just use the sliders, and 
for glossy I use a transfer curve to get the eboni ink out of the way. 
My wife is getting used to all the stuff on the walls.
I say get the UT2 and use them for a few years until the next really 
big improvement comes along.
By the way, half seriously, We need to take up a collection for Mr. 
Roark, or do something extra nice for him. Thanks Paul...Doug M
On Jan 6, 2005, at 11:09 AM, Lynne Siler wrote:

>
>  I would love to know the consensus on black and white printing a year 
> later....I
>  followed this forum about that long ago and decided to buy Lyson 
> Quadtone
>  Inks and an Epson 1270 as a second printer. I print mostly portraits 
> on
>  watercolor paper. I loved the prints - however, to my horror, I had a 
> client call
>  and tell me their prints were fading - not even a year later. So, 
> then I started
>  using my Epson 2200 for my black and whites, but then you deal with
>  metamarism. THEN, I started printing black only on the 2200 but have 
> some
>  banding issues from time to time.
>
>  So, I'm back where I started. I would like a simple system to print 
> Black and
>  white images and am willing to buy a second printer to do so. 
> Archival quality
>  is very important. What is the latest school of thought on the best, 
> long lasting
>  black and white prints?
>
>  MANY, many thanks,
>  Lynne Siler
>  Asheville, NC
>
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