Digital BW, The Print

It's a fair question.

I'm trying to find a favourite paper at the moment and have a box of
Ilford to use up. 

You might have seen from my other post that I'm trying to find a
source for VFA in Sydney (believe it or not, I don't think you can get
it here!) I have tracked down a source for Hahnemuehle Photo Rag.
(http://www.imagescience.com.au)

So my question was actually more so I could understand the theory -
ultimately, I suspect I'll be printing on the Hahnemuehle unless Epson
gets its act together out here! 

While I'm relatively new to digital printing, I'm an advanced darkroom
printer - so want to get my digital prints to reasonably high standard
quickly.

I also had a follow up question.  Do you have to have one of the
Gretag Macbeth measuring tools to use QTR Create ICC?  

Thanks
Gareth 

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Douglas meeuwsen
<lipshurt@m...> wrote:
>
> just a question...
> why do you want to use ilford paper? it is not archival, and it is  
> not cheaper that epson papers here is san diego.
> Epson makes great papers, and with those papers, you will hardly need  
> to do any pest printing. That saves a LOT of ink and paper.
> The premium line of papers is bullet-proof with ABW. Also, the  
> kirkland professional glossy from costco is a great paper and you  
> dont need a special profile for ABW. it is only about $.15 per sheet.  
> Plus epson makes some great matte papers like velvet fine art, and  
> ultra-smooth that work great in ABW without messing around. All of  
> those papers are far more permanent than ilford, and they all give  
> great results with ABW. If you are just getting started, or just want  
> to make great prints as opposed to doing lots of experimentation etc,  
> simply stick to epson papers. There really is no advantage to other  
> brands with ABW, in terms of cost and image quality. Especially in  
> "photo" (non-matte) surface papers. Have fun......printing is a great  
> hobby, and with ABW, for me it's been totally frustration free. Doug M
> On Nov 26, 2005, at 12:30 AM, garethjolly wrote:
> 
> > Sorry for bombarding everyone with questions - I'm trying to get
> > myself on top of everything and whenever I work out something, it
> > seems a whole new set of complexities arise.
> >
> > Is it possible to use Epson's Advanced B&W Printing with a custom ICC
> > Profile (e.g an Ilford Gallerie ICC downloaded from the net)?
> >
> > If it's not, how does everyone do B&W printing with non Epson papers?
> > Do you use photoshop (with photoshop determining the colours) (in
> > which case I seem to be getting a slight colour cast)?  Or do you use
> > an RIP, like Quadtone?
> >
> > And do you use colour ink (adjusting to remove the colour cast) or
> > just grayscale?
> >
> > And can anyone tell me how to get a custom B&W ICC profile?
> >
> > Any assistance is greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Regards
> > Gareth
> >
> >
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