Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Lynne Siler" 
<lhsiler@b...> 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

Use your 2200 with OEM inks and a RIP. I have tried Roys QTR and 
Bowhaus IJC/OPM. Both produce archival, metamarism free B&W prints.
Best papers are matte, though I quite like Ilford Smooth Pearl even 
with the bronzing. I'm currently using the Bowhaus RIP and love the 
simple user interface. OPM for printing is a doddle. IJC for profile 
creation and tweaking is superb. Once I get a densitometer, to 
linearizing the profiles, then the last piece of the jigsaw puzzle 
will be complete. I will then have at long last a trouble free B&W 
solution.

Peter