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Re: RGB for Black and white with 2200?

2005-03-06 by Scott Graham

This is one case where it would be justified to use a loupe, and then you would know ehat 
you are getting.

I convert to RGB before printing and certainly get "all inks" in my B&W prints.

But "look and know".

Scott

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Mark Rabiner <mark@r...> wrote:
> RGB for Black and white with 2200?
> I searched the archives for RGB but came up with squat so I apologize for
> what I¹m sure is something you¹ve gone over time and time again.
> But the nice guy at the pro photo shore says if I print on greyscale it¹s
> just using the black ink. Not sure if he said its even using the grey.
> But RGB makes use of all the inks. (from a monochrome grey print)
> Would that really be true?
> 
> I find myself introducing as much color as possible into my mainly black and
> white work.
> Duo toning to the max or just playing around making the shadows cyan blue
> and the mid tones red.
> 
> So much for the ³silver² print. (in look)
> This from a guy who went with Brovira over Portriga in the 70¹s!
> And with the hope that I¹m getting all those little carts going at once.
> Making for a richer smoother fuller print.
> 
> Any basic in reality?
> 
> 
> Mark Rabiner
> Photography
> Portland Oregon
> http://rabinergroup.com/
> 
> 
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