Digital BW, The Print

Jerry,

Thank you. I have a dedicated system each for b/w (MIS VM) and color 
(MediaSteeet dyes/). I guess I have been wondering if the holy grail 
has been found yet.

Shilesh

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., Jerry Olson 
<jerryolson@r...> wrote:
> Hi Shilesh,
> 
> MIS Archival Color inkset, 1260 Printer, Profiles by CD Tobie, 
Monitor
> profiled with Spydercal.  With Epson Archival Matte Paper and its
> profile, and with Torchon, (royal riviera) and its profile,  the 
color
> prints are great, and so are the black and white prints. If you 
need to
> do anything at all with the color tones in black and white prints, 
it is
> to tweak the epson sliders maybe 3-4 points in the opposite 
direction of
> your color cast. Once this is done, the black and whites are very 
nice
> indeed.  This may be harder to do on a 6 color printer, but I think 
it
> could be done. I would still have a dedicated black and white quad 
or
> hex system if you do a LOT of black and white printing. 
> 
> Jerry
> 
> Hextones are just a tiny bit smoother, (especially noticeable in a 
wide
> blurred area, such as a sun or moon with a soft glow.)  On this 
type of
> image, the 6 color printers do a MUCH better job rendering the glow 
than
> the 4 color printers do. The 4 color printers clip the glow way too
> soon, and it doesn't look realistic.
> 
> janishilesh wrote:
> > 
> > Jerry,
> > 
> > I have seen numerous posts from you on well profiled achival 
colored
> > inks that produce good b/w prints (as good as hextones?). Can you
> > provide specifics, i.e., ink-set, and profiling method. Thank you.
> > 
> > Shilesh