Digital BW, The Print

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From: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Steve
Kale
Sent: Saturday, October 01, 2005 11:03 PM
To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Re: Color Management without instruments (T vs PR 

The non-technically inclined need to know
that the high tech approach is not necessary in order to get gallery
quality fine art BW prints, with accurate and repeatable results, with
efficiency and minimal fuss and bother. 
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...not only that, it costs nothing, and indeed if one were to print all
one's B&W using black only, then the cost of printing inks reduces to a
fourth or a sixth or an eighth of the usual price.

Picture the scene my merrie men as, on a bright and sunny Saturday morning,
you walk casually towards your friendly local Inkjet supply company. As you
saunter towards your objective you pass a building society, wherein you
observe several fellow photographers applying for a second mortgage,
something that has become necessary since they purchased a new Epson 2400.

You however have no such needs, and quickly reach your intended objective,
you hand over a shiny new tenner with the remark "a single black pigment
cartridge my good man, and be quick about it because I have fine art B&W
work to do and time is money to me squire".

The assistant does his job and you leave. He will later swear that you
seemed to have a golden haze body contour as you left the shop and for sure
you are a much nicer person now that you have eschewed the "old ways" for
the new, or should that be "the old ways" for "much older ways"? I really
don't know myself.

Richard
 

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