Digital BW, The Print

Hi everybody, I'm new to the list - my fist post. I haven't bought my quad
tone system yet and I'm still looking around. All I can say is that I have
extensive knowledge in the old darkroom techniques and I'm a fan of neutral
prints.

> Are we just now
>> figuring out how to manipulate it on this level?

The approach of Piezography seems to me (for what I've studied on the web
and on this list in the past 5 weeks) as the best system for somebody like
me who wants complete neutrality.

I think (my personal opinion) that it is this very neutrality which makes
"Black-and-White" into what it is and what it stands for.

Therefore I have never understood why people go into Quad Black and White
printing with all the investment involved and going about exchanging ink
cartridges and so on (even having a second dedicated printer for this) --
only to come up with Sepia or Blueish prints ?!

Question of taste, bien sûr.

On the topic of this thread, I can totally understand that (for the trained
eye) that the Paper plays in deed a role on the output - important for
maintaining consistency in a pure black and white portfolio book. That's
what I've experienced in the analog/chemical world and this is even true for
simple office paper!

Jon, you mentioned some paper brands and their effects on color hue even
when using total neutral ink sets like K7...

Question: Are there other paper brands / recommendations or can somebody
point me to a web site that reviews paper brands?

Thanks everybody for this high level and unique mailing list :-)


Martin  


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