Digital BW, The Print

I don't think there are a lot of downsides Austin. If you are using
Epson Archival Matte, or Epson Watercolor paper, Paul's curves give you
very close to what you get on the screen, with my 1280 printer and the
VM inks. On Photo matte paper (Legion), or eclipse, (Brightcube)  you
have to darken the image very slightly, (about -10 in the Level's middle
slider), or else use a -5 brightness or so in the epson slider. Either
works fine. No matter how good the print is, if I haven't printed it
before, there is always something to dodge or burn just a little, so
you'd rarely get an absolutely perfect print the first time. But you
should hit it the second time.

I'm basically down to those 3 papers now. If ever epson gets rid of the
watermark, I think it will still be my first choice, as it is a nice
paper, at a very reasonable price, has blacks nearly as deep as the
hahnemuhle papers. Also no fading in 3 months in a south window with VM
inks.  I also like the eclipse very much, and it is much thicker, but it
is a bit more costly.

With the Piezo system, after many hundreds of prints, and all the
original bugs were worked out, (and there were a LOT of them in the
first software, as you may remember). I was getting excellent piezo
prints. But there are three downsides that I just couldn't live with.
The brown color, The extremely high price of the inks, and the brown
color. :).

Jerry


> I've been very happy with the Piezo "stuff" for a while now, but you guys
> have my interest piqued about your workflow.  My main concern is
> WYSIWYG...is that the case with your workflow, is what is on your screen
> what comes out the printer?  Are adjustments in PS the same, IE, no special
> considerations?  What are the downsides to your workflow?
>