Digital BW, The Print

Bob Frost wrote:

>J,
>
>You really don't want the gray optimizer setup and cards! I promise!! I 
>wasted a lot of time and money (paper and ink) trying to correct my 2100 
>using this method, and it just doesn't work. Correction, it does work, but 
>correcting just a few points on the grayscale is not sufficient to eliminate 
>color casts; it just pushes them to another part of the scale.
>
>Don't bother!!
>
>I got better results with a 14point grayscale and setting the 14points on a 
>set of curves in PS. You can then correct each of the 14points. But still 
>not as good as proper profiling.
>
>Bob Frost.
>
>  
>
Why not use QTR for B&W prints ?
Only costs 50$ and uses the standard inks.

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