Digital BW, The Print

One good source of information on finding your Black Point/White 
Point for printing is www.zuberphotographics.com. There is a wealth 
of information for printing on that site.

Your friend in Photography,

Johnny



--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "jay_madrid" 
<jay_madrid@y...> wrote:
> > Ability to print neutral tones is the biggest thing, followed by 
> > normal image quality (whether the dots are noticeable, detail, 
> > punch, longevity etc) and tonality in B&W (particularly how the 
> > blacks render).
> 
> I've just purchased the R1800 and have run some initial tests on
> greyscale images. Disclaimer- I am far from an expert B&W printer 
so
> take my opinion with a grain of salt...
> 
> I am finding that to my eye the output is extremely neutral. 
However,
> after printing some graduation test images I'm finding that RGB 
values
> from approximately 25,25,25 on down are all printing as black- i.e.
> the printer is printing too dark. I plan to experiment with
> curves/levels adjustments and/or custom profiles to resolve this. I
> have no doubt that I'll be able to get output that is good enough 
for me.
> 
> Color output is excellent, though also printing too dark. 
> 
> Once I make some progress I'll post my findings in the R1800 group.