Digital BW, The Print

Hi Stephane,

>Thanks for your helpful input and glad for you you got better 
>success than me with ABW.

You're welcome.  I hope I didn't give the impression that I was saying
my results are better than K7 inks.  I was concerned that your remarks
might give someone the impression that K3/ABW is not a good system,
and I was trying to balance that by saying that with care it can
produce top notch results.  I was not implying that K3 is "better".  I
have an aversion to RIPS/curves/profiles and such and am willing to
work with the K3/ABW ideosyncrasies (every system has them), and if I
could not have made it give very fine results I wouldn't be using it.
It really is an excellent system, and I also respect and admire your
willingness to take another path.



>I would just like to mention that with NK7 you get different tones 
>by using different papers. 

Yes, understood.  I printed primarily Eboni BO for several years and
kept an entire stable of papers for that purpose (see article #5, "The
Great Paper Chase" at the link below).  So I am very familiar with
that approach and still have a fondness for it.  It has a lot to be
said for it.  But I confess I've gotten hooked on the easy variable
tone of ABW and prefer the flexibility.


> Neutral on Moab Entrada Natural (has to be seen, absolutely
>gorgeous!) and nicely warm on Epson Velvet, well in line with the 
>creamier look of that paper. With QTR and NK7, no test print, it 
>really makes digital printing a pleasure.

I have seen some K7 examples and agree the quality is top notch.  No
disagreement there.


>Of course, I am not interested in printing colour.

Same here.  I've been purely a BW printer for years.

Regards,
Clayton


Info on black and white digital printing at    
http://www.cjcom.net/digiprnarts.htm