Digital BW, The Print

Thanks for the input Steve!  I was looking at Lulu and was worried 
that the $.15 per page was too good to be true, but have now found 
several people like yourself willing to say that the b&w is 
acceptable.

Looks like fun :)

mark

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Steve Bye" 
<steve_bye@c...> wrote:
>
> Check out lulu.com and MyPublisher. I've only seen output from 
lulu.com and
> it looked very good. It was mixed color and B&W images. The color 
was pretty
> good. The tonality of B&W (brightness and contrast) looked good, 
but I never
> saw the originals to judge.
> 
>  
> 
> Here is the pertinent info on lulu.com. The books have a flat 
price for up
> to roughly 100 copies. Even if you are printing B&W only I think 
you may
> want to go with the higher-priced color book process since it is 
printed on
> a better paper with a higher resolution printer.  
> 
>  
> 
> The pricing boggles my mind it is so low. To buy just one book the 
charge
> for the B&W process is $4.53 + $0.02/page. For the recommended 
higher
> quality printer that also prints color the price is $4.53 + 
$0.15/page. The
> 100 page color book I saw was $20. Lulu.com will also sell the 
books for
> you, at whatever price you want to set, and send you the profits. 
> 
>  
> 
> I do not work for lulul.com in any way, but I think self-
publishing, at
> these prices, is pretty exciting.
> 
>  
> 
> http://www.lulu.com/about/whatislulu.php
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>  
> 
> The book I bought to check out the quality was about Rangefinder
> photography.
> 
>  
> 
> http://www.lulu.com/content/110604
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>  
> 
> There is one problem. From my limited experience, the printing 
industry does
> not know much about color management. Lulu.com is no different. 
Read their
> online forums for limited color management info.
> 
>  
> 
> Steve Bye
> 
>  
> 
>   _____  
> 
> From: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of 
Mark Hahn
> Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 8:57 AM
> To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Digital BW] b&w micro publishing
> 
>  
> 
> anyone use a service for micro publishing b&w photography in small 
> bound editions?  I've seen nice and cheap color output, but no 
samples 
> of b&w.  Advice/recommendations appreciated!
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