Digital BW, The Print

Hi Scott

Interesting to see that you see a colour cast on the default ABW 
settings. I'm using Ilford Smooth Pearl, and on the default settings, 
with the exception of tone set to 'dark', the prints look ever so 
slightly green !! After much experimenting I've settled on +10 
Horizontal, -5 vertical, to remove this cast. 

What I do not understand is why the three black inks cannot produce a 
neutral tone on their own. Carl in an email to me mention that the 
three K3 blacks on their own using a RIP produced an ugly greenish 
print. So as you say colour ink needs to be used to remove this.

I can see what Clayton is saying. I tried BO printing and they do 
have something pure about them. However those dots drove me mad, and 
I like for my sins RC papers, like Ilford Pearl. My matte prints 
always looked a little flat to me.

It will be interesting to see what people say about the new Piezo 7 
neutral inks.

Regards Peter.


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Scott Jones" 
<peanutdogs@h...> wrote:
> I was somewhat confused by the last posts on "coloration" on the 
> Epson r2400 ABW prints. One poster noted that he printed an image 
on 
> the Warm setting and got a neutral print. Perhaps by "neutral" he 
> meant that there was no changing color cast or change from one 
color 
> to another as you worked your way from darks to light, but by 
> definition, the warm print has a warmer - dare I say it - yellower 
> color tone to the whole image. Yes, smooth across the whole range 
of 
> tones, but still warmish/yellowish.
> 
> Likewise, I have found the Nuetral/darker default setting to be 
> slightly toward the green/blue and therefore have started printing 
> with the adjustment wheel set at 3 horizontal and 3 vertical which 
> to my eyes takes the chill off the default setting, but still does 
> not look like a "warm" print. I use EPSG paper.
> 
> Therefore, there seems to always be a color tone to the B&W output. 
> This is a good thing in that we can adjust to taste.
> 
> So after all of this, I am confused by the question and responses. 
> Thanks for any further comments.
> 
> By the way, I just printed last night a version of a cherished 
> darkroom print and I must say that it looks way more "neutral" than 
> my selenium toned Ilford Multigrade version. This is an amazing 
> printer.
> 
> Scott