Digital BW, The Print

Hi David:

You are correct! The prints in the ColorVision booth were indeed  
impressive (most were on canvas and watercolor paper if memory serves  
me correctly). I found the approach that PrintFIX Pro 2.0 takes to  
allow for excellent black and white and color from the same profiles  
to be a great advancement and I look forward to testing it soon.  
David gave me a print made on the Canon iPF5000 on Moab Entrada 300  
Natural. To my eyes, the print has a neutral to slightly warm look  
under both daylight and 3200K. The smoothness of tone and lack of  
color shift between the two light sources was what really stood out  
in my mind.

David also showed me a range of prints on a few different papers, all  
of which had a different look. I really was drawn to a cool image of  
a boat and sky on the Entrada 300 Natural.

I even have a photo of Mr. Tobie in front of one of his photographs  
which might just be shared with the world on my site very soon.

All the best,

Andrew
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Andrew Darlow
Editor, The Imaging Buffet
http://www.imagingbuffet.com
mailto:ad@andrewdarlow.com


On Nov 6, 2006, at 5:19 PM, CDTobie@... wrote:

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> In a message dated 11/5/06 8:05:44 PM, ad@... writes:
>
> > I very much enjoyed the show, primarily because there were many
> > prints in black and white and color in Canon, Epson and HP's booths,
> > as well as in various places around the show floor. I find that
> > looking at prints is the best way to determine overall image  
> quality.
> > The Canon booth had some monochrome prints on Hahnemuele Fine Art
> > Pearl paper on their iPF8000 (44" wide) and iPF9000 (60" wide) that
> > were particularly nice since there was no glass in front of them. HP
> > and Epson's booths had some great-looking monochrome prints as well.
> >
> You neglect to mention the black and white prints from new Epson,  
> HP, and
> Canon models you looked at in the ColorVision booth, Andy. As well  
> as the paper
> prints at the lightbox, there were a series of large canvas prints  
> in both
> color and B&W, all processed through PrintFIX PRO 2.0 profiles. The  
> canvas prints,
> printed by a fine art printing company called Numart in Quebec,  
> were a real
> crowd pleaser. The 13x19 B&W images I was printing on Entrada Natural
> mysteriously disappeared about as fast as I cranked them out. It  
> was hard to keep any
> samples on the table.
>
> C. David Tobie
> Product Technology Manager
> ColorVision Business Division
> DataColor Inc.
> CDTobie@colorvision.com
> www.colorvision.com
>
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