Digital BW, The Print

What, specifically, are you doing for the retail business? Is this 
original photography, or are you just printing for them?

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Richard Orban" 
<ro@...> wrote:
>
> It seems to me that EEM just turns as yellow (or cream color) as 
> Epson UltraSmooth is to start with.  The only problem is when I try 
> to ship prints from inventory that are a bit more yellow than the 
> fresh prints off the roll. (Not much inventory, though, unless I'm 
> printing 16x20s and put 2 8x10s next to it.)  Although I only 
notice 
> it in the margin, not in the image itself. By itself, the yellower 
> print is not a problem to my eye - only in comparison.  Although 
EUS 
> is yellow in the image, too - so much so that tinting using 
> ImagePrint is not really acceptable, but I don't do enough EUS to 
try 
> to work out the kinks - i.e. find the right tint settings.
> 
> I'm going through a 100' roll a week on my 7600, and at $0.05 per 
> inch (24" wide), I don't know of any reasonably priced alternative -
 
> nor would I be temped to try one.  I'm printing for the retail 
> market - i.e. 8x10 for $20, 11x14 for $30, up to 24x30 for $100 - 
all 
> B&W, using ImagePrint gray profiles, and gold tone (50,50), rose 
tone 
> (75,100), or blue tone (20,20) - Aubrey Bodine's favorite toning 
> other than sepia which he used for Salon exhibition prints.  And 
all 
> in all EEM is a heck of a lot better than the fading that happened 
on 
> the 1280 using BO with OEM dye inks on Epson HeavyWeight Matte that 
I 
> had the first two years in business.
> 
> Anybody see our 1/4 page ad in B&W Magazine this month?
>